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Lone Tree roads are in for rehab Several projects are planned for city streets this summer
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Lincoln Avenue pedestrian bridge Construction of the pedestrian bridge spanning Lincoln Avenue near the Heritage Hills intersection will begin in August and will involve a few night closures. The city views the area as a “major pedestrian barrier,” and the bridge will connect two major trail systems. The
Dirt has been turned at the groundbreaking ceremony and the ramp-up for construction has begun, but the FasTracks Southeast Rail Extension is not the only project that will be creating construction zones in and around the city of Lone Tree
Lone Tree Department of Public Works estimates that the pedestrian bridge will accommodate around 170 crossings per day. When completed, the bridge is expected to decrease traffic congestion on Lincoln Avenue due to improved red-light times. The total price for the pedestrian bridge is $7 million. Signal timing An additional but less obvious form of traffic improvement scheduled for this summer is a Roads continues on Page 8
Drivers in and around Lone Tree can expect to see crews working on as many as 15 road construction and maintenance projects this summer. Photo by Rick Gustafson
Shaw among new faces on council District 1 member wants to maintain quality of life By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media
One of more than 75 “death row” dogs from Texas and New Mexico lands at Centennial Airport on May 4. The dog was on its way to placement in a nearby shelter. Photos by Alex DeWind
Plane brings pups a brighter future Dog is My Copilot flies more than 75 rescue dogs and cats to Centennial Airport
When the new Lone Tree City Council is sworn in next week, it will mark a significant change in the composition of the council: a new mayor, two new councilmembers, and a temporarily vacant seat. Since the three Shaw candidates for the three open seats were all running unopposed by the application deadline, the council canceled the election and declared each candidate elected at a meeting on April 19. Council continues on Page 7
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By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Peter Rork, a retired pilot and orthopedic surgeon, pursued an interest in rescue animals after his wife died four years ago. “I lost my appetite for medicine,” he said, “and I had a plane at the time.” He now transports “death row” dogs and cats from unwanted areas by plane every couple of weeks. His flights became so crowded with animal crates that he invested in a larger aircraft. He recently had a record transport. “This is the biggest response we’ve had so far,” Rork said. “It’s the biggest dog flight we’ve flown into Denver.” Dogs continues on Page 7
From left, Jess Pramov, Katy Cline and Hayden Cline of Paws on the Ground rescue wait for the death row dogs and cats to land by plane at Centennial Airport on May 4.
ThunderRidge and Mountain Vista square off in a close soccer contest just ahead of the state playoffs. PAGE 19
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FACES AMONG US Physical fitness is a part of the workday for firefighters and paramedics, like Jamin Cook. Photo by Rick Gustafson
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JAMIN COOK Paramedic, lacrosse coach What I do I’m a paramedic firefighter for South Metro Fire, station 34. My spot is on the medic unit, but we’re dual role, so if there is a structure fire, we’re expected to perform the duties of a firefighter just like anyone else on a truck or an engine. If there’s a medical or trauma, we’re the paramedics who tend to the patient. My family I’m married and I’ve got kids. I coach
lacrosse, my boy’s U15 Bandits. I have another little boy, and I help coach their team as well. My passions Within the fire service, I’m involved with a lot of things, but right now my biggest passion is playing the bagpipes. I’m learning how to play the bagpipes for our Pipes and Drums Corps at South Metro Fire. I’ve been doing it for nine months. It’s not easy. Traditionally, it’s part of the fire department, something that goes along with honor guard. We do a lot of fun activities, but the premise of Pipes and Drums and Honor Guard is to pay tribute to fallen firefighters or police officers. The Pipes and Drums Corps goes out to almost all the funerals statewide to pay tribute and honor those who worked hard to get us where we’re at and have paved the road. If you have a suggestion for My Name Is…, contact Rick Gustafson at Rick@ rickgustafson.net
Former Littleton mayor, incumbent win seats Taylor and LaBrash are elected to South Suburban board By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Incumbent Scott LaBrash and former Littleton Mayor Jim Taylor have won the two seats up for election on the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District LaBrash Board of Directors. District spokeswoman Teresa Cope said the district was hoping to certify the results on May 11, and LaBrash and Taylor were to be sworn in at the meeting that evening for four-year terms, joinTaylor ing board members John Ostermiller, Mike Anderson and Pam Eller, while Susan Rosser’s second term is expiring. The May 3 election pitted LaBrash, of Centennial, and Taylor, of Littleton, against Ed Avery and Tom Woods, both of Centennial. “I’m pleased to be back on the board again,” Taylor said. “I’m looking forward to doing some exciting things.”
Taylor said he was looking forward to working closely with South Suburban Executive Director Rob Hanna. Taylor is no stranger to the district, having served on the board from 1986 to 2000. The retired teacher and principal also spent 20 years on the Littleton City Council after being city treasurer and a city councilmember in Northglenn. Both LaBrash and Taylor said prior to the election they want to focus on maintaining facilities, especially ones that generate revenue, such as the district’s golf courses. LaBrash received 897 votes, while Taylor got 558. Tom Wood, who also ran for a South Suburban seat in 2014, got 506, while Avery got 148. LaBrash, an information technology professional, was elected to the board in 2012 after an unsuccessful run in 2010. He was endorsed by all four of his fellow board members in the run. “With energy and renewed commitment gained from talking with so many residents throughout my re-election campaign, I’m excited to continue working on behalf of our constituents for these next four years,” LaBrash said. South Suburban serves Littleton, Lone Tree, Sheridan and much of Centennial, among other areas in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.
MILESTONES Daniela Evans, of Lone Tree, graduated with a master’s degree in special education from Fort Hays State University. Jeffrey Prior, of Lone Tree, was named to the winter 2015-16 dean’s list at Augustana College. Prior is a se-
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‘It seems like old times again’ Mother’s Day weekend event had B-17 bomber, World War II vets By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com It had been 70 years since Len Estrin had been aboard a B-17 bomber before he began volunteering with Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum last year. “It was a lot of fun,” he said of getting to fly after all those years. “A big thrill.” Estrin served as a ball turret gunner on a B-17, also known as the Flying Fortress, in 1944 and 1945, a position that saw him manning a machine gun on the underside of the massive bomber on missions over Europe. He was initially training to be a pilot after enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Forces out of Chicago. “I got through with primary (flight training) and they said they
didn’t need pilots anymore, they needed gunners,” he said. Flight crews were voluntary positions, but he still wanted to fly. “You have a choice,” he was told. “You can be a gunner, a gunner, or a gunner.” Estrin, who lives in Aurora, was among several World War II aviation veterans in attendance at the Wings Over the Rockies Blue Star Weekend at Centennial Airport on Mother’s Day weekend, an event honoring mothers of veterans. The weekend also featured several World War II-era warplanes, including a B-17 bomber, much like the one Estrin flew on, operated by the Experimental Aircraft Association of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. “The Aluminum Overcast,” as EAA’s plane is called, is one of only 10 airworthy B-17s remaining of the more than 12,000 that were built. Unlike Estrin, the plane is not a combat veteran, having been built too late to see service in the war. “It’s just a great weekend,” Wings
Over the Rockies spokeswoman Colleen Murphy said. Another veteran in attendance was former P-51 Mustang fighter pilot David Wilhelm, one of the few remaining fighter aces from World War II, an honor bestowed among pilots credited with five or more aerial victories. “I think it’s fun to come out here and hear all the noise of those old reciprocal engines,” said Wilhelm, who lives in Denver. “It seems like old times again.” Wilhelm flew over Italy and other parts of southern Europe in 1944, protecting B-17s en route to their targets. He praised the B-17 pilots and crews for their courage, noting that they could not deviate from their flight paths to avoid danger the way their fighter escorts could. Newt Moy of Centennial, who served as a B-17 pilot in the war, returned the compliment, saying the B-17 crews saw the smaller P-51s that protected them as “little friends.”
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Construction begins at Arapahoe and I-25 Crews start first phase for bridge reconstruction
By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com Just as making omelets requires breaking eggs, relieving traffic congestion requires creating some gridlock. On May 9, construction crews began erecting concrete barriers, restriping traffic lanes and setting up temporary lighting near the Interstate 25/Arapahoe Road interchange as part of a long-term project to rebuild the intersection’s bridge. For the next several months, various northbound and southbound lanes will be closed and some ramp closures will occur from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays. Eastbound and westbound lanes on Arapahoe Road will also be closed occasionally between Syracuse Way/Spruce Street and Dayton Street from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Sundays through Thursdays. Bob Wilson, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Transportation, said the project will alleviate congestion at the busy interchange. “This will provide better traffic flow and should be able to eliminate the backups that are notorious from Arapahoe Road onto the highway,” Wilson said. The $66 million project includes adding an additional lane on westbound Arapahoe Road from Yosemite Street to Greenwood Plaza Boulevard and creating three left turn lanes from the I-25 off-ramps. Other aspects of the plan are realigning the frontage road northeast of the interchange, building noise walls near the Arapahoe Road and Yosemite Street intersection and widening Yosemite Street from Yosemite Circle to Xanthia Street. CDOT is footing the largest part of the bill, using $50.4 million in funds from a program called Responsible Acceleration of Maintenance and Partnerships, or RAMP. The remaining cost of the project is being split among Arapahoe County,
the cities of Centennial and Greenwood Village, and the Southeast Public Improvement Metropolitan District. Construction will be “substantially completed by summer 2018,” according to CDOT. Dion Wolf, a server at the Gunther Toody’s restaurant at 9220 Arapahoe Road, isn’t excited about the increased congestion the project will bring. “It’s going to slow down our business,” Wolf said. Wolf’s co-worker, Skip Girten, only became aware of the project when he heard Wolf speaking about it. He said he understands it will alleviate traffic in the future, even if it complicates his commute in the present. “I’m not exactly stoked about the traffic it’s going to cause,” Girten said, “but as long as it’s helping with traffic later, I
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Beer competition awards put area breweries on map Three local businesses take home hardware at contest
By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado has 284 craft breweries and cities like Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder and Longmont have been on the map of craft beer aficionados nationwide for decades now. But after three local breweries took home medals at the Denver International Beer Competition last month, some beer lovers may take a closer look at the south suburbs. Locavore Beer Works and 38 State Brewing Co., both in Littleton, and Living the Dream Brewing Co. in northern Douglas County, near Highlands Ranch, were recognized. “We’ve got good beer coming out of here,” said 38 State co-owner Brett Blazek. “We’ve got award-winning beer.” The brewery’s 38 State IPA was awarded a gold medal in the American IPA category, while its Half Mowed Lawn Saison won a
FAVORITE BEERS OF THE PROS Lovers of craft beer can often point to a particular beer or two that made them think about beer differently and drew away from mass-market offerings from major companies.
“For me, it was 1991 or 1992 Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen,” said Andy Nelson of Locavore Beer Works. “It was nothing like anything I had tasted ever.”
“I was in the Navy from ‘88 “For me, personally, it was to ‘93 and you drank Bud or the Stone IPA,” said 38 State MGD,” said Jason Reinhardt of Brewing co-owner Brett Blazek, Locavore. “When I got out, Sam who went to college in San Adams and Fat Tire and Sierra Diego, California, near craft Nevada were coming out.” beer stalwart Stone Brewing’s “The first one that got me into headquarters.
silver in the saison category and its 38 State Brown won bronze in the English Brown Ale category. For Locavore co-founders Jason Reinhardt and Andy Nelson, the awards lend an air of legitimacy to the young brewery. “We don’t just like them, these are good beers,” Reinhardt said. Locavore won a gold medal in the
craft beer and off of the macros was Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA,” said Jason Bell of Living the Dream Brewing Company. Bell also cited Mean Manalishi Double IPA from Hoppin’ Frog Brewery in Ohio and Kentucky Breakfast Stout from Founders Brewing Company in Michigan. “They were two beers that were over the top and exploded with flavor,” he said.
Imperial and Double IPA category for its Lightning Hopkiss, two silver medals in the American Light Lager and Witbier categories for its Loggerhead and Sugar Magnolia and a bronze in American Pale Ale for 5th Season. Living the Dream was awarded a gold medal in the flavored and specialty beers category for its High Class Horchata and
silver medals in the Schwarzbier, International Lager, Belgian Strong Ale categories for Deutsch Vader, Schüss Bomber and Stubborn Monk, as well as bronze in the Sweet and Milk Stout, Dry Stout and Imperial and Double IPA categories for Helluva Caucasian Stout, Plaid Pants and Hop EM DBL IPA. And DIBC is not some small local competition, as Blazek points out. Competition came from as far away as Hawaii and included some of the biggest names in craft brewing, including Boston Beer Company — better known as Samuel Adams. “Boston Beer Company, two thousand miles away, decided this was important enough for them to enter,” Blazek said. For Living the Dream co-owner Jason Bell, awards are nice, but making good beer is better. “I would rather have a packed taproom of people who like what we do than a medal,” he said. More exposure of local breweries is better for all of them, Blazek says. “I think it’s healthy competition, but at the end of the day we want everyone to succeed.”
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By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Jason Bell, co-owner and brewmaster at Living the Dream Brewing Company, often gets asked this question: “Do you see the craft beer bubble bursting?” His answer: “No.” The craze may taper off a bit, but Bell believes his early focus on learning the actual business of craft beer will help Living the Dream navigate any rough patches. According to the Brewers Association, a trade group for beermakers, craft beer’s market share of the total U.S. beer market grew 12.5 percent in 2015 while the number of craft breweries grew 26
percent. The number of breweries in the south metro Denver area has been rising since 2014, with at least 10 now calling the area home. A decrease in relative price may explain some of craft beer’s popularity. “You can make $30,000 a year and still drink craft beer,” Bell said. Steve Schuett, general manager at 38 State, sees breweries replacing neighborhood bars. Many breweries fit the part, with live music, trivia nights, sports on TV and visits from food trucks. When Bell was working in retail liquor sales in the Chicago area during the Great Recession in the late 2000s, he saw craft beer remain relatively stable even though wine sales took a hit.
He also said craft beer fans are willing to travel long distances to find new and exciting beers. India pale ales have been king of the mountain in the craft beer world for several years now, and while other styles may gain in popularity, the IPA is likely to remain dominant, he said. “The next big thing is out there — it just doesn’t have the money to push it,” said Brett Blazek of 38 State Brewing. “How the IPA is now, I don’t know if anything will ever rival it.” IPAs will remain popular, Bell said, but scarcity of hops will tamp down the trend of brewing hoppier, more bitter ales. High demand for hops, a plant used to flavor beer, combined with the drought in the
Pacific Northwest —North America’s main hops growing region — have shrunk its availability. “I do think that the days of who can make the biggest, baddest, hoppiest beers are gone,” he said. With the growth of craft breweries, many are becoming fixtures in their towns and neigborhoods. When Jason Reinhardt and Andy Nelson opened Locavore Beer Works in 2014, they picked the location partly due to the surrounding area. “Let’s become the neighborhood brewery,” Reinhardt remembers thinking. At Locavore, the brewing tanks are exposed to the patrons, a purposeful choice. “When you come to a brewery,” Nelson said, “you want to be in a brewery.”
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By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com A common theme emerges when talking to Littleton’s beermakers — people who turned a hobby into a business. 38 State Brewing Brett Blazek and his neighbors began making beer with a homebrewing kit. “We just started screwing around in the garage like every other red-blooded American who likes beer,” he said. After getting positive reviews from friends, Blazek, Jason Virzi and Mike and Kim Keating opened 38 State Brewing Company in an old auto repair shop along South Broadway two years ago this month, an occasion being marked with a party at the brewery on May 14. Mike Keating, a former electrician and greenhouse manager, works full-time as the head brewer while the others all still have day jobs. Blazek, a middle school history teacher for Jefferson County Public Schools, handles marketing and public relations. “There’s a certain charm to us homebrewing in a garage and now being professional brewers in a garage,” Blazek said. Locavore Beer Works Jason Reinhardt and Andy Nelson met in 2008 in a homebrewing club and began making beer together. “I was looking for someone to brew with,” said Reinhardt, who had been making his own beer since 1995. They opened their location on South Platte Canyon Road and West Bowles Avenue in November 2014, an approximate midpoint between Reinhardt’s home in Centennial and Nelson’s in Lakewood. Making the leap to opening a brewery was a big decision, but Reinhardt’s frustration with his job as an environmental chemist helped push it along. “I reached that point where there was no job satisfaction,” he said. “It was the right thing in retrospect,”
A GREAT DAY FOR BEER Beer drinkers from around the Denver area were exposed to all three breweries on May 7 and 8 at the South Denver Beer Festival at Robert F. Clement Park in south Jefferson County. Among the attendees were Shawn and Hillary Sich of Lakewood. “This is incredible,” Shawn Sich said after a drink of Living the Dream’s Empty Trophy Case IPA. “It’s a very unique beer; it’s very complex.”
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Todd Tueller addresses students at Rocky Vista University in Parker before the screening of the film “The Abolitionists” on May 2. Photo by Tom Skelley “If we can save children from these horrible events, I just think there’s no better cause out there,” he said. Hill said approximately 100 people showed up to the screening, donating $1,447 to OUR. The film opens on May 16, with the AMC Highlands Ranch 24 and the United Artists Greenwood Plaza 12 theaters participating. The film will play for Englishspeaking audiences in the United States and Canada before it is translated for audiences in Europe, Asia and other markets. Tueller said OUR’s work has already stemmed the tide of trafficking around the world, and he hopes greater exposure will lead to greater results. He said a television series is in the works in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, and he added that many local governments have used OUR’s techniques to pursue rescue operations of their own. Getting the word out isn’t just a tool to recruit sponsors. Tueller said awareness of OUR’s work has a deterrent effect for perpetrators of human trafficking, and an inspirational effect for its victims. “We want to show the bad guys that we could be anyone they talk to,” Tueller said, “and we want to let the victims know that we’re coming.”
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Rork, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, flies for Dog is My Copilot, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), Wyoming-based organization committed to flying animals out of areas with unsafe shelters. On May 4, he flew a Cessna 208B with more than 75 cats and dogs from New Mexico and Texas to Centennial Airport. About 50 rescue
and shelter volunteers waited with handmade signs, crates, playpens and open arms. Mercedes Cordova, founder of From Forgotten to Forever Rescue and Transport, works with Dog is My Copilot to move shelter animals from Roswell, New Mexico, to Colorado to save them from euthanization. “There’s a 90 percent euthanization rate,” she said. “Most don’t make it. So we transport every couple of weeks.” Cordova, of Colorado Springs, works closely with rescues throughout Colorado.
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One of the new faces on the council is Wynne Shaw, who will represent District 1, replacing Councilmember Harold Anderson, who is completing his second term and is term-limited. Shaw has lived in Lone Tree for 16 years and in Colorado for 40. She earned her associate degree from the University of South Florida and spent most of her career in the financial services sector. “The last 23 years I spent at Schwab and then at TIAA-CREF … in various positions from customer service to fairly senior leadership and enjoyed it very much,” Shaw said. “It’s a good back ground to have.” When she retired from the industry two years ago, she became a full-time volunteer, spending much of her time working at local organizations such as the Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society, as a board member for the Douglas County Republican Women, and as the leader of a local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. “It’s about 105 ladies, and we meet monthly,” she said. “We do good things around the community.” Shaw is also a member of the Colorado Beta Gaveliers, a group that promotes
Rescue and foster volunteers, such as Suzanne Lively, admire Cordova’s dedication to animals. “She single-handedly has saved so many dogs,” Lively said. “She’s my hero.” Animal rescues look to Colorado because of the Pet Animal Care Facilities Act, a “licensing and inspection program dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of those animals in pet-care facilities throughout Colorado,” according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture
interest in parliamentary law by practicing and critiquing parliamentary procedure at monthly meetings. Though she had not previously run for public office, over time her interest in local politics grew. “It turns out that I had time to start going to city council meetings and enjoyed them very much,” she said. “I got an appreciation of how well our city is run, not only from a resident’s standpoint.” Her time at council meetings allowed her to get to know and appreciate the work done by city officials and employees and she decided to become more formally involved. “I learned that Harold’s seat was going to be available and thought it would be a great opportunity,” she said. Part of Shaw’s motivation for running comes from her observation that some people in the political arena have chosen politics for selfish reasons. “I wanted to make sure that nobody like that got onto council. That’s part of the motivation for running,” she said. Shaw will be entering office without a specific list of outcomes, but would like to see the city take advantage of benefits available from federal and state agencies to help with expected growth. She believes that this council will play an important role in the successful expansion of Lone Tree on the east side of Interstate 25. “I want to make sure that the decisions we make support the city’s comprehensive
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plan; that we are able to expand and grow the community feel across the highway when we finally get there,” she said. “I love the idea of having Schweiger Ranch as a historic place among the new building that’s to come, so I’m excited about the way the city can grow.”
Dog is My CoPilot, a nonprofit organization based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, transports more than 75 dogs and cats to Centennial Airport in one of its largest rescues in history on May 4. Photo by Alex DeWind Maintaining Lone Tree’s quality of life, safety and natural space is a priority for Shaw. “All of it contributes to our quality of life here,” she said. “And that’s very important.”
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combined project by the City of Lone Tree and Douglas County to improve traffic flows by retiming traffic lights. According to John Cotton, director of public works for the City of Lone Tree, the work will include adjusting the plans on about 25 traffic signals along Lincoln
May 12, 2016 Avenue between Quebec and First Street and along Yosemite Street between County Line and Kimmer. Cotton said that a traffic study will help engineers set between four to five “plans” for each signal based on days of the week and time of day. When the programing is completed this fall, a vehicle traveling the speed limit should, ideally, be able to navigate through the area without stopping at a red light. Signal timing is subject to the number of left turns and the number of
PLANNED LONE TREE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR 2016: • C-470 from I-25 to Wadsworth Parkway — July through 2020 ($318 million) • Lincoln Avenue pedestrian bridge ($7 million) • RTD FasTracks Southeast Rail Extension — May through 2019 ($207 million) • Stoplight timing, Lincoln Avenue and Yosemite Street ($70,000) • Resurfacing portions of South Park Meadows Center Drive — lane closures will begin in June and July ($300,000) • Yosemite turn lane at Park Meadows Drive, adding new, designated right-turn lane from northbound Yosemite to eastbound Park Meadows Drive — beginning late July
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are estimated at between $8 million and $8.5 million.
County Line Road More work zones are planned for 2017 through 2018. A study has been completed for improvements to County Line Road from Chester Street to Inverness Parkway, which recommends three major changes intended to alleviate congestion along the route. Three intersection changes include modifications to Park Meadows Center Drive, which adds a direct access lane to southbound I-25 from the Park Meadows mall, enlarging the mall entrance west of P.F. Chang’s, and a completely redesigned intersection that simplifies traffic flows at Inverness Parkway, Inverness Drive East and Inverness Drive West. The total cost for the improvements
Light rail extension Already under way this spring is a 2.3mile extension of light rail south of the Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway in Lone Tree, adding three new stations at Sky Ridge Avenue, the future Lone Tree City Center, and an end of the line station at RidgeGate Parkway. The project involves three major bridge projects spanning Lincoln Avenue, I-25 and RidgeGate Parkway. The $207 million Southeast Rail Extension is part of the FasTracks plan approved by Colorado voters in 2004. Construction extends the existing Southeast Line 2.3 miles from Lincoln Station and will cost around $90 million per mile.
Coming soon: C-470 toll lane project Construction will be from I-25 to Wadsworth and is expected to continue for three years By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Colorado Department of Transportation is hoping toll lanes will improve traffic on a 12.5-mile stretch of C-470 between I-25 and Wadsworth Boulevard after a three-year construction project set to begin this summer. “The traveling public has asked CDOT to relieve congestion within this critical corridor,” CDOT Project Director Jerome Estes said in a statement. More than 100,000 drivers travel through the segment every day, and CDOT projects volume to increase 40 percent in the next 20 years. Broomfield-based Flatiron Construction Corp. and Los Angeles-based
AECOM were announced as the project’s contractors in April. An exact date for the beginning of construction has not been finalized. “We’re still in final stages of negotiation with the contractors,” CDOT spokewoman Linda Wilson said. The project will add two tolled express lanes westbound from I-25 to Colorado Boulevard and one from Colorado to Wadsworth. Eastbound, there will be one toll lane from Wadsworth to I-25. The project also includes upgrades to pavement and interchanges, realignment of curves, the replacement of bridges over the South Platte River and widening of other bridges. The project will cost $318 million, including debt service. It is mostly funded by loans that will be repaid with the tolls collected. The lanes are expected to be complete in the spring of 2019. Wilson said CDOT plans to keep all existing lanes open throughout the project.
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Whole lotta shakin’ can yield results While recently working with a client, I was invited to participate in a planning session with the leadership team. Having worked with this particular client I had met several of the management staff already, but this was really the first session where the CEO would also be actively involved. As the session started, the CEO immediately began to challenge everyone’s thinking. And he did so in a professional manner, but was very direct and almost to the point of intimidating the management team to the point of shutting down their participation. He pushed each one to go deeper and provide the rationale behind their thinking, belief and position. He brought the meeting to a level of intensity that really shook up the room. And then the CEO finally looked around the room and applauded his team for their contributions, thanking them for sticking to their belief systems. He wasn’t challenging them and asking hard questions to try and break them or prove his seniority or dominance, he was simply shaking things up a bit to allow people to challenge their own thinking as well as the thinking and direction that the organization as a whole was headed towards. As we left the room at the end of the day, energy levels were high, confidence was through the roof, pride was abundant and alignment of expectations were achieved. What could have seemed like a meeting driven
by a dominant and ego-driven CEO actually turned out to be a brilliant move to push the team beyond the limits of everyone going along to get along or simply saying “yes” to whatever the CEO said or wanted. This resonated with me as I was watching a baseball game on televiMichael Norton sion the other night. It WINNING was a ho-hum game at best. The score was 0-0 WORDS through the sixth inning. As the cameramen showed the dugouts of both teams throughout the game, it appeared as though everyone was bored including the players and the managers. Even the crowd in the stadium looked like they would have rather been somewhere else. And then all of a sudden one of the managers started yelling something from the dugout at one of the umpires. It seemed to be about nothing and at first looked like it was just going to blow over and the game would go on. And then the coach left the dugout and angrily approached the umpire. You didn’t have to be a professional lip reader to know what he was saying and the body language was equally as
aggressive. And, as you can imagine, the manager was ejected from the game. He started an argument over nothing and got himself tossed out of the game. But what he did was shake up and wake up his team. They went on to score a few runs that inning, the opposing team scored a few runs in their turn at bat, the crowd got back into the game, and excitement and energy seemed to be renewed. What is going on in our own lives personally or professionally where maybe we have become a little stale, a little too routine or complacent? Is there something that we can do to challenge ourselves and those around us to go deeper? Is there someone or something that needs a little shake-up and wake-up in our lives? Have we surrounded ourselves with “yes” men and women who only tell us what we want to hear? And if so, how can we ever grow or expect to progress? How about you, is it time to shake things up a bit in some way or in some area of your life? If so, I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can shake things up and wake up a little bit, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
Study the impacts of fracking proposals With the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision preserving responsible energy development in the state, fringe activists will attempt one final Hail Mary aimed at amending the Colorado Constitution. Backers of four measures targeting oil and gas development in Colorado have begun collecting the 100,000 signatures necessary for them to appear on the November ballot. If successful, they would essentially eventuate with a patchwork of local regulations that would, in effect, ban fracking, undermine property rights and destabilize Colorado’s business environment. The claim is made that the backers are simply local citizens, merely concerned with protecting their communities. But in reality, their activities are being pushed by out-ofstate interests with an agenda quite unlike the citizens of Colorado who welcome the economic boom the oil and gas industry fuels in our state. Our three organizations, by strong contrast, are deeply rooted in Colorado. We are both local and statewide. Together we represent thousands of the great companies in Colorado who do business across the breadth of the Centennial State. We stand with Vital for Colorado in support of a collaborative, responsive and transparent regulatory system managed at the state level, not the confounding, contradictory one envisioned by some unseen special interest. While the proposed ballot measures are
written to appear reasonable, we wish to be clear: They are de facto bans on fracking. For example, Initiative GUEST 40 would grant unprecedented power to local govCOLUMN ernments to ban outright any business or industry they don’t like, regardless of state, federal or international law. Initiative 63 is written so broadly that it would potentially empower nearly anyone to drag another into court over an alleged crime against the environment. Initiative 75 would further politicize the oil and gas industry by granting local governments broad new regulatory powers that could imperil tens of thousands of jobs in a heartbeat. Initiative 78 would require oil and gas operators to create an incredible buffer zone (called a setback) of at least a half-mile from things like “open space” areas and intermittent streams. When you consider the lay of the land in some parts of the state it is clear that would mean a ban on fracking. These initiatives are best seen as blunt instruments aimed at hurting a vital Colorado industry. There is a better way. For starters, we need to let the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission continue implementing the recommendations made recently by the governor’s oil and gas task
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I counted. I had plenty of time — two hours — to count. Waiting for my flight at the San Francisco airport, I decided to count the number of people walking by me who were on the phone. My survey was Craig Marshall Smith limited to 100 adult QUIET types. It included DESPERATION travelers, pilots, flight attendants, security, housekeeping, shoe clerks and others. One was talking so loudly that I said, “If you talk any louder you won’t need a phone.”
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She was talking too loudly to hear me. Another one ran smack dab into a floor to ceiling window, and kept right on talking. A woman bumped into me, did a waltz step spin and went — without apologizing — in the opposite direction, like Roy Riegels. Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels ran the wrong way with a fumble in the 1929 Rose Bowl. The number of people I counted who were on phones, talking or texting, may surprise you. In 2016, we are monkey see, monkey do. People follow like sheep. Lemmings to the cliff. Oblivious otters making calls instead of making eye contact. Myopic, self-absorbed, rude, inattentive, head-down pigeons, tapping away. (I wonder if babies born 100 years from now will have a downward tilt to the head at birth.)
Student applies learning to real life Grace Davis is concerned that so many great teachers have left and are leaving the district. Last week, Marsha Jaroch wondered if teachers were responsible for the protest, and I would say yes they were. A teacher, or several teachers, have taught Miss. Davis to stand for what she believes in, to act with integrity, and to use her education to make the world a better place...to learn today and lead tomorrow. I’m sure the teachers at her school taught her the 4 C’s, and I can clearly see she used three of them. She communicated her concern with others, collaborated with students to plan the protest, and
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Return school district to its former prominence As I prepare to retire from teaching after 25 years in the Douglas County School District, it saddens me to see what has become of a district that was once the envy of the state. A casual examination of a recent issue of this newspaper confirms the depths to which the district has sunk. In one story, a lawsuit is challenging the latest permutation of DCSD’s voucher plan. In another, DCSD is about to become the only district in the state to arm school security personnel with semi-automatic long rifles. Another story says two school board members will be investigated after showing up unannounced at Ponderosa High School and subjecting a 15-year-old student to 90 minutes of intimidation — with no parent present — designed to pressure her to call off a scheduled student protest. In another story, DCSD has agreed to return over $2 million in state funding as a result of failing to schedule adequate
instructional time for all full-time students during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years. Finally, a host of letters to the editor express outrage over DCSD policies and the actions of board members, and call for the resignation of two Rick Young board members. I remember a time GUEST when the Douglas County School District COLUMN never graced the pages of this newspaper other than for mundane developments such as district growth, school calendars, the opening of new schools and high school athletics. This was a time when the school board and central administration of this district
focused not on ideological crusades but on providing a solid education to the youth of this county. This was a time when teachers and administrators were eager to come to Douglas County and happy to spend their careers here. This was a time when this district amassed an invaluable pool of talented, experienced professionals who were dedicated to educating our children. DCSD test scores and graduation rates regularly topped state rankings. All that began to change after 2009 when a new school board pursued a new and controversial direction. Under Superintendent Liz Fagen’s administration, the district has implemented a “pay-for-performance” system that totally devalues experience and educational attainment and creates a caste system that values teachers of certain grades and subjects more highly than others. DCSD also put in place a new evaluation system that both ties the hands of administrators seeking to evaluate their
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critically thought of the best way to get her message out to help inspire change. What Miss Davis did is what the district likes to call an authentic application of her learning. She took action to draw an awareness to a situation she felt was not right. She truly represents the 21st Century student that this district is wanting of all our students. So let’s not blame the union or the teachers for what Miss Davis did, let’s celebrate this as evidence that she has had highly qualified teachers who have taught her how to think critically and empowered her to be an agent of change. We all should be thrilled to see students taking action, following their heart and using their education to make a change in the world, or in this case, in our district. Neal Clark Highlands Ranch
Someone said, “An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.” And this. “The silent man is the best to listen to.” It’s a Japanese proverb. The ubiquity of phoning and texting in public is normal now. When was the last time that you saw a teenager without a phone in her hand? Failure for a teenager to phone or text leads to rumors, snickering, bullying and shaming. If I were to meet a woman whose existence strategies were not enabled by a mobile phone, I might ask for a short engagement. When I see someone on a phone coming toward me, I just stop and stand in the quiet desperation of hope
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that they will eventually notice me and veer. I am convinced that some of them are not making calls at all. And that they are pretending to make calls. To look cool. I was the only one in an elevator once who wasn’t on the phone, so I started to talk to a ham sandwich. “Hello. It’s me. Please come over tonight. With a shovel. Don’t ask questions.” A woman said, “Are you out of your mind?” “Cracked, but as William Blake said, ‘That’s how the light gets in.’” “I thought it was Leonard Cohen,” she said. “He took it from Blake.” I am rarely around as many people as I am when I am in an airport. It’s highly fascinating, but it does little to make me want more of it. Perhaps if I traveled more often, I would become less observant, and less judgmental.
teachers and encourages teachers to spend endless hours uploading documentation rather than engaging in productive pursuits like lesson planning, grading or communicating with parents. At the same time, the district has overwhelmed teachers with a steady stream of directives governing lesson planning, instruction and assessment. When teachers are required to mind their EUs and EQs, their WCOs and their GVCs, with every single lesson and assessment, education becomes stilted and lifeless, and educators face endless frustration. These district initiatives have sparked the exodus of some of the best teachers and administrators in the state, who have left DCSD and taken their talents and experience to neighboring districts. Or, like me, they are unwilling to start over in another district, so they retire. The result: schools founder, and students face frustrated and at Young continues on Page 14
When I do go out among the English, I am always dumbfounded by the ability of others to move around so efficiently, and so blindly. I think boom boxes were the start of it all. Remember? People got on buses with boom boxes. There was something called “boom box rage.” Now we have pods in our ears, shutting others out. Of the 100 adult types at the airport in San Francisco, 72 were on the phone. I picked up my suitcase at DIA and walked to the parking garage. No one was nearby. No one was on the phone. It was silent. I decided not to listen to music on the way home. I decided to listen to nothing. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@ comcast.net
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Nancy Bass and her class of 3- to 5-year-olds participate in activities at the Douglas County Early Education Center in Castle Rock. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
‘More than their mortgage’ Parents re-evaulate options as they struggle to afford rising child care costs By Mike DiFerdinando | mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com
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an Wilusz is an occupational therapist and has four young children, twin 7-year-old boys and two girls, ages 6 and 3. “I can’t afford to work,” Wilusz said. “I want to work. I love my career, but it would cost me more to work and put the kids in child care than it does for me to stay home with them.” Wilusz, who lives in Highlands Ranch, estimates day care for the four children would cost $1,600 to $1,800 per month — all day for the youngest and after school for the older ones. “I looked for three years for a place,” Wilusz said, before deciding the expense wasn’t worth it. Wilusz’s struggle to find affordable child care is a familiar one as the cost of child care climbs due to the increased cost of supplies, insurance and need for longer and more flexible care times for working parents. According to a 2015 study by the Pew Research Center, 48 percent of working parents with at least one child younger than 6 say their children attend day care or preschool, while 45 percent say their kids are cared for by a family member when the parents are at work, and 16 percent rely on a nanny or babysitter. In Colorado, a married couple can expect infant center-based care costs to exceed 15 percent of their income. With two children, the figure rises to more than 26 percent, according to “Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2015 Report by Child Care Aware of America.” The average single parent pays more than 46 percent of his or her income for infant center-based care, according to the report. “For a lot of parents, by the time you add up the cost of food, insurance, child care and a mortgagee,” Wilusz said, “there isn’t anything left.”
COST OF CHILD CARE FOR COLORADO FAMILIES Annual cost of infant care: Center: $13,154 Home: $8,862 Annual cost of care for an infant and a 4-year-old: Center: $23,036 Home: $17,054 Infant cost in center vs. public college tuition in 2015: $13,154 vs. $9,487 Source: “Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2015 Report by Child Care Aware of America”
More than a mortgage payment In Colorado, the average annual cost of infant care is $13,154 at a child-care center and $8,862 at a home-care facility. A child-care center is a facility that is run out of a business location and typically has a larger staff and the ability to accommodate more children, while a home-care facility is run out of a home and generally has a smaller number of children. Both are licensed and regulated by the state. “It’s a big challenge for households in Colorado,” said Kantryn Harris, president of the Qualistar Colorado nonprofit organization that focuses on early education. “In some cases, people are spending up to 30 percent of their income on child care. For some, it’s more than their mortgage payment.” The increase in cost for child care is in
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I think if work places could do more in the way of either helping with the cost or providing more on-site care, it would go a long way for people.” — Jan Wilusz, occupational therapist and mother of four who doesn’t work outside the home because of the high expense of day care
part the result of the need for additional staffing and longer, more flexible hours of operation to accommodate working parents, Harris said. Higher expenses for providers Amber Spear runs a home day care in Highlands Ranch. She said she tries to keep her prices lower than the big centers, but it’s a challenge. She has been in the business for 15 years. “I have to watch twice as many kids as I did 10 years ago to earn the same amount of money and keep my prices competitive,” Spear said. Spear can accommodate up to eight children per day and charges between $50 and $60 per day, depending on whether the child is potty trained. “The day care centers are not (raising prices on) people because they want to make more money,” Spear said. “Their costs and margins are not the same as they have been in the past.” Paula Williams, owner of Paula’s Precious Pumpkins home day care in Highlands Ranch, blames much of the rise in prices on the higher cost of licensing. “Child care these days is so different from child care 25 years ago,” she said. “It is much more regulated by the state —
CHILD CARE RESOURCES If you think you qualify for financial assistance in child care, contact the Colorado Department of Human Services to find resources. To find your local office, go to https://sites.google.com/a/state.co.us/ humanservices/home/services-by-county. background checks, mandatory classes, certified in CPR/First Aid, medication administration, universal precautions, background checks for all persons living in the home 18 years old and older — the list goes on.” Andrea Stogsdill runs Little Engine Home Daycare in Highlands Ranch. She said she has invested heavily in her business, including buying special liability insurance specific to child care. And with the expectation that children should also be receiving the necessary educational enrichment before entering kindergarten, the costs for the right toys and supplies also contributes to higher expenses. Costs continues on Page 13
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‘Pomp and Circumstance’ has worn out its welcome People will pull a Tevye from “Fiddler on the Roof” and shout “Tradition!” but “Pomp and Circumstance” has got to go. In the 115 years since Edward Elgar composed the march for the coronation of England’s King Edward VII, hasn’t there been another piece of music we can use in lieu of “Pomp’s” repetitious monotony? As a student or parent, Elgar’s march is one you’ll hear perhaps twice as a student at high Clarke Reader school and college graduations, and a LINER few more times as NOTES a parent, depending on how many children you have. But even then, I’m not sure anyone actually hears the tune: Students are focused on not tripping down stairs and too excited to concentrate; parents are too busy jockeying for a prime photo position or quietly sobbing into their Kleenex. But what about the teachers, who listen to it year after year? The band students who actively produce the music?
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Stogsdill, for instance, brings in music teachers and other area-specific instructors. “As the cost of living goes up, so does ours,” Williams said. “The expense for the supplies, time and necessary art supplies to teach the children all they need to know before entering kindergarten is not cheap.” Affordability for parents But finding day care they can comfortably pay for is a constant battle for parents. A majority of parents with one or more children younger than 6 say it is very hard (29 percent) or somewhat hard (33 percent) to find affordable, high-quality child care in their community, according to the Pew study. And among parents in families in which both mother and father work full-time, 67 percent say it’s hard to find affordable, high-quality day care where they live.
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CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Beyoncé’s “Lemonade,” released on Columbia/Parkwood records. Review: Queen Bey returns after three years of relative quiet with her most fiery, cohesive and personal album to date. Ostensibly an album about a relationship on the rocks, Beyoncé uses R&B, rock, country and funk to
And journalists — like me — who cover three or more graduations in a week? It’s time for a change. Even “Pomp’s” composer would agree. “I’ve a got a tune that will knock ‘em — knock ‘em flat,” Elgar wrote while working on the piece, according to a June 2015 article by The Guardian, one of England’s oldest newspapers. “Pomp and Circumstance” didn’t become associated with graduations until 1905, a May 2003 story on NPR reports, when it was played as a recessional as Elgar received an honorary doctorate from Yale. The work became a reliable source of income for Elgar, but “he came to tire of its jingoism and the fact it overshadowed everything else he wrote,” according to The Guardian. Lee-Anne Strickoff of Parker, who has two young children, ages 4 and 9, knows that first-hand. As a working mother, she has often done whatever it takes to make arrangements for child care. “Fortunately, for our young family, I was able to work a lot of nights and weekends and relied on the figure-it-out method as needed in-between,” Strickoff said, who works in real estate. “I begged friends and used drop-in day care facilities across town depending on where I needed to work that day. Those run from $7 to $9 per kid, per hour— $2 extra if the kiddo is in diapers.” Strickoff finds the situation particularly frustrating because in New Zealand, where she’s from, the government provides 20 hours of free child care to families to subsidize early education. “It has been a bit of a struggle for us to find child care in the past 10 years,” she said. “It would have been nice to have help in getting formative-year education at a subsidy ... whether or not there were two working parents in the house. I cannot imagine how single parents do it. It is such a financial burden.”
I have to watch twice as many kids as I did 10 years ago to earn the same amount of money and keep my prices competitive.”
Amber Spear, home day care owner in Highlands Ranch
explore her identity and relationship to the world. An introspective, inspiring and invigorating masterwork. Favorite song: “All Night” Best song to soundtrack a truly epic argument: “Don’t Hurt Yourself”
I sympathize. Options are endless for a song to replace “Pomp and Circumstance.” And let’s not be afraid to have some fun with the challenge. Does the replacement need to have a repetitive melody that can be played over and over on a loop? How about Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue?” Or the classic rock staple “Smoke on the Water?” Imagine watching students try to navigate a choreographed number in their robes? There’s also always the option to include a little sense of humor. Walking down the aisle to ‘90s R&B star Mark Morrison’s smash “Return of the Mack” would do everyone about to sit through an hours-long ceremony some serious good. Certainly AC/DC’s classic “Highway to Hell” would provide much-needed belly
laughs before settling in for an emotional ceremony. For my money, the best replacement would be Bob Dylan’s incendiary “Like A Rolling Stone,” because it asks an important question: How does it feel? To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown. Every graduate must come to grips with reality on some level as their high school career ends. It’s simply inconceivable that Elgar’s song hasn’t been topped since he wrote it. Nor do I believe “Pomp and Circumstance” was supposed to be the graduation song for the rest of time. After all, life is about moving forward and embracing change. Graduates are doing it. Why can’t we? Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he congratulates all graduates, their friends and family on making it through “Pomp and Circumstance” at their ceremonies. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share the song you’d replace “Pomp and Circumstance” with at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
PERCENT OF INCOME COLORADO FAMILIES SPEND ON CHILD CARE Infant care for married family
Infant care for single parent
Married family with two children at the poverty line
Center: 15.1 percent
Center: 46.61 percent
Center: 94.99 percent
Home: 10.17 percent
Home: 31.40 percent
Home: 70.33 percent
Two children for married family
Two children for single parent
Center: 26.44 percent
Center: 81.62 percent
Home: 19.57 percent
Home: 60.43 percent
Source: “Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2015 Report by Child Care Aware of America”
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14 Lone Tree Voice CURTAIN TIME Comedy about death “Greetings from Camp Katabasis”, written and directed by company members, plays May 13 to June 14 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; Monday, May 30; 3 p.m. May 22 and 29. Tickets: $16/$13, buntport.com. Neil Simon “Biloxi Blues” by Neil Simon plays May 20 to June 26 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224
Washington Ave., Golden. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays, except June 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets, $27/$24/$16, 303-935-3044, minersalley.com. Think pink “Legally Blonde” with music by Lawrence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach will play May 20 to June 19 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main Street, Littleton. Nick Sugar is director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday June 4; 6:30 p.m. Sundays June 12 and 19. Tickets: townhallartscenter.org; 303-794-2787. (Same day tickets not available online.)
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times inexperienced teachers. It becomes increasingly difficult, and sometimes impossible, to lure outside talent to this district. How did the school board president and vice president respond to this growing crisis? By holding an illegal meeting in which they attempted to bully a 15-year-old girl into silence. The April 19 board meeting made
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two things abundantly clear: 1) the Douglas County School Board is mired in dysfunction; and 2) two of its members, Meghann Silverthorn and Judith Reynolds, should resign immediately. If they refuse, perhaps it is time for a recall campaign. And then, once they have been replaced, the newly constituted school board should replace Superintendent Liz Fagen and return this once-proud school district to the business of education.
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‘Kids Bronz’ sculpture classes slated at rec center Children ages 9 to 12 can create lifetime treasures By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com A pair of seasoned Douglas County artists will share their expertise with children ages 9 to 12 in a class on creating and casting small bronze sculptures. “Kidz Bronz” has been offered several times by sculptors Larry Perkins of Highlands Ranch and Patricia Jenkins of Roxborough through the Roxborough Arts Council. It will be taught at 1 to 3 p.m. on June 11 and July 16 at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Registration costs $15 members/$17 guests. The class is offered by the Highlands Ranch Community Association. “They make the most charming things,” said Perkins, who belongs to both the Roxborough Arts Council and the Ken Caryl Art Guild. Highlands Ranch, called home by many artists, does not have a comparable organization at present. There will be space for nine to 12 kids, Perkins said. He noted that he famous French sculptor, Rodin, displayed evident skill at 13. Perkins sculpted the life-sized bronze pronghorn image, “Tah-Keen-Cha,” which is located at Westridge Recreation Center, as well as numerous other bronze sculptures of people and animals. He has created art in three dimensions since 1994, after getting necessary training — a rewarding second career. Jenkins taught art and worked with gifted children for about 20 years and now works on art in a variety of media, including Faux art and murals. Her favorite is bronze sculpture, which is expensive for the artist. She is a founder of the active Roxborough Art Council,
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which meets and exhibits regularly. Students will create a model of an animal from a small amount of wax with a simple tool. After a couple hours, they will complete work on it, sign it and leave it with the two instructors who have an arrangement with Western Sculpture on Eighth Avenue, where molds are made and molten bronze poured all at once. They are removed from the molds and sandblasted at the foundry. In a month, young artists get a little bronze animal back and learn about finishing it with a chemical treatment, a patina. They polish with a Scotch-Brite pad and mount it on a small wooden base. “They walk out with a lifetime treasure — a bronze sculpture,” Perkins said, adding that “it can only be destroyed by throwing down into an active volcano!” He hopes the first group of kids will spread the word. There are very few opportunities in the nation for kids to make a bronze sculpture, he said — “Art Students League in New York City offers a class for a lot of money and there may be one or two more in the country.” Perkins is also involved with the Douglas County Art Encounters program, which exhibits a number of outdoor sculptures at predetermined locations throughout the county. A meeting is scheduled on May 11 at the PACE Center in Parker to finalize choices and locations for this year.
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Unique dance shows will raise funds Spoke N Motion bills itself as “Colorado’s only totally integrated dance company.” It includes dancers with and without disabilities. “UnVeil” will be a fundraiser performance at 7 p.m. May 14 and 1 p.m. May 15 at Sonya Ellingboe the wheelchairSONYA’S accessible Colorado Ballet-Armstrong SAMPLER Center for Dance, 1075 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. (Parking on street and at rear.) Tickets: $25, SpokeNMotionDance.org, 720-580-1554. Canal group reaches out The High Line Canal Conservancy will hold a Learn + Connect event/open house from 6 to 7 p.m. May 19 in the community room at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. For Littleton and Centennial residents, it will present the new organization, and its visioning and outreach. Also, the group will show a film, “One Community, One Canal.” Highlinecanal.org. Arts in Englewood “Spring Serenade” at 2 p.m. May 14 in Hampden Hall, Englewood Civic Center,
Sammi Harmon and Teri Westerman will perform in “UnVeil” by Spoke N Motion Dance Company, in the Integrated Dance Performance at Colorado BalletArmstrong Dance Center. Courtesy photo will feature Yi Zhao, Colorado Symphony Assistant Concertmaster, in Haydn’s “Violin Concerto.” Music by Elgar and Greig will be performed by the Up Close and Musical String Ensemble, conducted by Eric Bertoluzzi. Tickets: $20/$15. Under 18 free. englewoodarts.org, 303-806-8196. Indian Market and Powwow The annual Tesoro Indian Market and Powwow will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 14 and 15 at The Fort, 19192 Highway 8, Morrison. Admission: adults/$5; students with ID/$3; seniors and children under 12/free. American Indian artists will demonstrate and sell their art and dancers and drum groups will perform. Interactive exhibits, art and music demonstrations,
concessions from The Fort and Northern Colorado Intertribal Powwow Association. Nice family outing. TesoroCulturalCenter. org, 303-839-1671. Kwasinski workshop Denver painter/teacher Victoria Kwasinski will conduct a two-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 20-21 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members and guests at Littleton First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. The emphasis will be on abstracting from reality, using principals of abstraction through your own voice. To reserve a place, contact Beatrice Drury, btdrury@q.com, 303-796-8110, 303-6677638. Fee: $30 a day/members; $50 a day/ guests.
Writer receives award Margi Evans of Foxfield was awarded The Literary Classics Seal of Approval for her novel for young readers, “In the Heart of a Mustang.” The coming-of-age story is about the bond between a troubled boy and his mare. Information: clcawards.org. Photography exhibit “Exploring the Light,” works by the Lone Tree Photography Club, is open at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. in Lone Tree, through May 29. Includes animals, abstracts, landscapes and human-interest images. First-place winners will be awarded gallery space for about two weeks. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and during performances; see lonetreeartscenter.org. Also, an “Exploring the Light” photo workshop called “Lightroom vs. Photoshop” with juror George Jardine, at 9 a.m. May 21, will compare and discuss uses of the digital tools. Cost is $38 and tickets are available online at www. meetup.com/Lone-Tree-PhotographyClub-Meetup/. Comedy and magic Pop Haydn-Steam Punk Comedy and Magic, an all-ages show, is scheduled May 20 and 21 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Reservations needed: $22.50/$25, tickets.amazingshows.com, 303-660-6799. (Remember the summer Wizard Camps if there are potential young wizards in the household.)
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THEATER/FILM
Performing Arts, Storytelling Children ages 6-10 learn the ins and outs of storytelling from members of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through short form exercises and games at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Rock, Philip S. Miller branch, 100 S. Wilcox St. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Red Riding Hood A delightful update to the classic children’s story will be presented in Page to Stage, a Douglas County Libraries program that brings children’s theater to life for kids ages 5 and older. Program is presented at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 16, at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane; and at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Pop Haydn Performs Whit “Pop” Haydn performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 20-21 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Haydn is the winner of seven performer of the year awards from Magic Castle, the clubhouse of the Academy of Magical Arts. He has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, the Smothers Brothers, Loretta Lynn and more. For tickets and information, call 303660-6799 or go to http://Tickets.AmazingShows.com.
Legally Blonde The last production in Town Hall Arts Center’s 2015-2016 season is “Legally Blonde, the Musical.” Based on the movie, the musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Show opens Friday, May 20, and runs through Sunday, June 19 at 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Additional shows are at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12 and June 19. For tickets, stop by the Town Hall Arts Center box office, call 303-794-2787 ext. 5 or go to townhallartscenter.org. Trolley Tour “History in our Neighborhood” is the focus of the Castle Rock Historical Society’s seventh annual Trolley Tour. The tour will visit areas outside downtown Castle Rock including Rhyolite Park and other quarries, the old towns of Douglas and New Memphis and other points of interest along the way. The tour is Saturday, May 14; times are 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. and last about 45 minutes. Meet at the Castle Rock Museum to board the trolley. Reservations recommended; contact 303-814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org for reservations. High Line Canal Run The 35th annual High Line Canal 5K and 10L run is Saturday, May 14. Race fee includes pancake breakfast, 2 beers from the Breckenridge Brewery Beer Garden, goody bag, raffle prizes, awars and post-race expo. Long-sleeved tech shirt of quarter zip pullover available for purchase. Race begins at 8 a.m. at deKoevend Park, 6301 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Find more details and registration information at http:// www.runningguru.com/EventInformation. asp?eID=highline. Denver’s Amusement Parks The Highlands Ranch Historical Society presents “Denver’s Amusement Parks: from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, May 16, at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Author and historian David Forsyth, Ph.D., will take us on the up-and-down history of Denver’s amusement parks. This talk is sure to spark personal memories of these or other exciting parks, ride and times gone by. David is the author of “Denver’s Lakeside Amusement Park.” Book sales and signing will precede and follow the presentation. Go to https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/ register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eclr4akz6d70 b734&oseq=&c=e9ecc4f0-1c39-11e5-aeacd4ae5275396f&ch=e9f21c20-1c39-11e5aeac-d4ae5275396f Mystery Book Club The Mystery Book Club will read “Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante,” by Susan Elia MacNeal. MacNeal has written other mysteries in a similar genre; for example, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary, Princess Elizabeth’s Spy and others. Join the book club for lunch and book discussion at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 19, at the Lone Tree Golf Club Grille, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Call Sue to get a copy of the book and for more information, 303-641-3534. FIND MORE THINGS TO DO ONLINE ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/events
MUSIC/CONCERTS
Littleton Symphony Concert The Littleton Symphony Orchestra concludes its The Four Elements series with Earth at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Program includes Smetana’s From Bohemian Forests and Meadows, Stravinsky’s Adoration of the Earth from the Rite of Spring, and Johann Strauss’ Tales from the Vienna Woods. Guest vocal soloist, Sarah Barber, will join the orchestra and perform the Farewell from Mahler’s Song of the Earth. Tickets available at www.littletonsymphony.org or at Gorsett Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec St., B206, Centennial. Tickets are also available at the door on concert night. Contact 303-9336824 or info@littletonsymphony.org. Arapahoe Philharmonic Concert The Arapahoe Philharmonic presents “Sacred Structures” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, at Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Program includes Anton Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 4 (Romantic) and Symphony No. 2: An American Pastoral, a world premiere commission from the Arapahoe Philharmonic’s first composer-in-residence, Edgar Girtain. Maestro Hughes and Girtain will give a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. in Room M12 off the lobby. For information and tickets, visit www.arapahoephil.org or call the Arapahoe Philharmonic office at 303-781-1892. Highlands Ranch Encore Chorale The winter/spring session of the Highlands Ranch Encore Chorale is under way. Rehearsals are offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon Fridays through May 13 at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. The chorale is a non-auditioned community chorus that is open to anyone ages 55 and older, with or without choral experience. Email Brian@5280plus-encore.org or Cindy@5280plus-encore.org. To register call 303-471-8818 and reference Activity Number 157806. “Soli Deo Gloria” The Lutheran Chorale will sing to the glory of God with joyful and thoughtful music, including F. Melius Christiansen’s ‘Celestial Spring II Exaltation,’ John Rutter’s ‘The Peace of God,’ and Morten Lauridsen’s ‘Sure On This Shining Night.’ Come join us for this uplifting concert Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m. at Hosanna Lutheran Church, 10304 W. Belleview Ave., Littleton; and at 7:30 p.m. at St. Philip Lutheran Church, 7531 S. Kendall St., Littleton. No tickets will be sold, only a free will offering taken. Church Farewell Concert Denver’s Hazel Miller performs at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1615 Ogden St., Denver. Enjoy a soulful farewell concert as the 156-year-old church prepares to close. Enjoy the music, the light, the love and the beautiful flowering stained glass windows in this historic place. Doors open at 5 p.m.; music starts at 5:30 p.m. Funk Knuff also will play. All ages welcome. No admission charge; however, donations are accepted. Go to https://www.facebook.com/stpauldenver/ Concert Explores Creation Only Creation, a concert exploring the Creation through music, is at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Listen as the Creation comes alive through beautiful text, tones and harmonies performed by the Charles Wesley Choir, Festival Choir, St. Andrew Sisters and Orchestra. The concert is free and open to the public. Contact Mark Zwilling at mzwilling@gostandrew. com or 303 794-2683.
ART/CRAFTS
Heritage Fine Arts Guild Show The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will have its member spring art show through May 31 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. The painting exhibit is free and open to the public. All works are originals and available for sale directly from the participating artists. Go to www.heritage-guild.com.
EVENTS
Englewood Chamber The Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce will have its 2nd Friday Coffee, 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, May 13, South Philly Cheese Steaks, 1400 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood; chamber board meeting, 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, Broken Tee Grill, 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood; 4th Friday Coffee, 7:30-9 a.m., Friday, May 20, Integrative Pediatric Health Care, 1010 E. Girard Place, Suite M, Englewood; Business After Hours, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, Alexan City Center, 801 Englewood Parkway, Englewood; Ambassador meeting, 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, GECC Office, 3501 S. Broadway. Call 303-789-4473 for information.
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Pajama Storytime Mr. Cliff presents a fun-filled evening of stories, songs and snacks for families and kids of all ages at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Bird Banding Visitors to the Audubon Nature Center in May will get to watch research in action while seeing warbles, sparrows, woodpeckers, thrushes and other songbirds at the bird banding station with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The station is open to the public from 7:30-11 a.m. Sunday, May 15, Saturday, May 21, Sunday, May 22, Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29. The Audubon Society is at 11280 S. Waterton Road, Littleton. Contact 303973-9530 or info@denveraudubon.org. Go to www.denveraudubon.org. Working as a Freelance Writer Castle Rock Writers welcomes Kevin Corbley of Corbley Communications, Inc., Castle Rock, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 16, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. The presentation is “Making a Great Living as a Freelance Writer.” Corbley is a public relations specialist with information for writers of various genres. See www.castlerockwriters.com or phone Alice Aldridge-Dennis at 303-521-8615. Sprouts Job Fair Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, plans a job fair from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday, May 16, at Embassy Suites, Denver Tech Center, 10250 E. Costilla Ave., Centennial. Sprouts will hire about 30 managers and dozens of team members for stores in the South Denver region. Full- and part-time positions available in produce, meat, deli, grocery, bulk and vitamin departments. Head cashier and cashier positions also available. Go to sprouts.com/careers to learn more about the available opportunities and apply online prior to the job fair. Previous grocery industry experience is a plus. Interviews will be conducted on-site and background checks and drug tests will be given to successful candidates. Trace your Genealogy Nationally known genealogist Deena Coutant will provide information on the methods, records and resources available to trace your family history. Program is at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Registration is required; call 303791-7323 or go to www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Build a Lego Masterpiece Kids ages 5-12 are invited to build Lego masterpieces at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road. No registration is required; information at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org. Dance Classes Adventures in Dance presents a number of dance classes in May. The studio is at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to www.adventuresindance. com. Following is a list of classes offered in May. Line Dance Aerobics: Learn dances including cowboy cha-cha, electric slide, cupid shuffle and the wobble in a workout format. Class offered on Mondays. Swing, Jive and Rock `n’ Roll: Learn popular club dances to big band ad popular rock music. Class offered on Tuesdays. Learn to Salsa: Class offered on Wednesdays. Foxtrot: Class offered on Thursdays. Medieval dance mini boot camp: Learn to toss the duchess, strip the willow, greensleeves, saltarello and more. Class offered Friday, May 6. Class includes potluck party at the end of class. Social swing dance sampler: Learn popular swing dances at the social swing dance sampler on Friday, May 20 and Friday, May 27. Victoria’s Tea Enjoy tea, scones, music and great stories at the first Victoria’s Tea from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at The Gathering Place at Christ’s Episcopal Church, 615 4th St., Castle Rock. The tea is a benefit for the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum. Come as you are or wear your finest outfit or hat. Cups will be provided or bring your own to show off. Tickets may be purchased at the Castle Rock Museum or online at www.castlerockmuseum.org under the Event Tickets tab. Contact 303-814-3164 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Church Welcomes Zimbabwe Minister First Presbyterian Church welcomes the Rev. Kurauone Mutimwii, who will present a special worship service at the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services Sunday, May 22, at 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Mutimwii was born in the southern province of Zimbabwe in the rural part of the country. He did his ministry theological training in Zambia and graduated in 2011. He now serves at Masvingo Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children. Mutimwii is with a small delegation of ministers from Zimbabwe visiting Denver Presbytery for meetings and preaching at local churches. Call 303-798-1389. Tuesday Morning Women’s Golf League The Englewood Women’s Golf Association is accepting applications for the 2016 season. The women play Tuesday mornings at Broken Tee Englewood golf course. Contact the membership chair for information, ewga18@gmail. com. Calendar continues on Page 18
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HEALTH
Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils. org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, May 14, 8 a.m. to noon, Hope United Methodist Church, 5101 S. Dayton, Greenwood Village; Sunday, May 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 5th St., Castle Rock (Morgan Dunmire, 720-6839638); Monday, May 16, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Pulte Mortgage, 7390 S. Iola, Englewood; Tuesday, May 17, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Baxter Englewood, 9540 S. Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood; Wednesday, May 18, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Walmart, 2100 Legacy Circle, Elizabeth; Thursday, May 19, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Plaza Tower One, 6400 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village; Friday, May 20, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, May 21, 7:30 a.m. to noon, St. Thomas More Parish Center, 7071 E. Otero Ave., Centennial; Sunday, May 22, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Littleton (Maryanne Eagelston, 720-891-2248); Tuesday, May 24, 12:30-6 p.m., Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; Thursday, May 26, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Whole Foods Southglenn, 6853 S. York St., Suite 119, Littleton; Thursday, May 26, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m., Quadrant Building, 5445 DTC Parkway, Centennial; Saturday, May 28, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; Sunday, May 29, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Walmart, 11101 S. Parker Road, Parker. Can Food Choices Save the Planet? Throughout history, civilizations that have destroyed their environments have disappeared. Industrial agriculture in the United States is destroying our environment and jeopardizing the American way of life. How can one person influence change in the face of such a problem? Farmers who raise animals on managed pasture provide a beacon of hope and a way in which your food choices can save the planet. Program runs from 10-11:15 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at Natural Grocers, 1265 Stg. John Stiles Drive, Suite M, Highlands Ranch. Call 303-471-9400.
EDUCATION
Guide to Retirement Learn about retirement from financial advisors from Kummer Financial Strategies Inc. at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Program will be led by Highlands Ranch Herald financial columnist Patricia Kummer, a certified financial planner and member of Financial Planners of Colorado; and Phil Wilson, financial advisor with Kummer Financial Strategies. Workshop will last 45 minutes with Q&A to follow. Space is limited; RSVP no later than Monday, May 23. Call 303-470-1209 or email clientservice@kummerfinancial. com. Plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to start time. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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WOMAN’S LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY (a fraternal non-profit, benefit organization) ALL PROCEEDS OF THIS YARD SALE GO TO THE NATIONAL CAUSE “FEEDING AND HOUSING THE NEEDY IN COLORADO” DATE: Thursday May 19th and Friday May 20th - 2016 HOURS: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm LOCATION: 13135 Monroe Court, Thornton, CO 80241 Large supply of NEW - PLUS SIZE CLOTHING (2X AND 3X), Men and Women’s Clothing, Christmas Items, Bath, Kitchen, Household Items, Dishes, Books, Tools, Toys, Games, CD’s, Shoes, Handbags, Jewelry, Hats, Candles, Dog & Cat Items, large amount of new Crafting Supplies, knickknacks, and much more. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Garage Sales Gigantic Garage Sale in the Pradera Golf
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Community Subdivision Fri & Sat, May 13th & 14th 8am-4pm Numerous homeowners in the Pradera community will be participating in this event Major cross streets into Pradera are Bayou Gulch and Parker Road., Parker 80134 Call Dotson Skaggs, Kentwood Company, 303-909-9350 for more information.
Classic Car Auction Saturday May 21st Memorabilia 9am Open 8am
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Highlands Ranch Huge neighborhood garage sale Sat. May 21st. 7-2. S of Grace, E of Fairview, W of Wildcat, across from Valor. Rain date, June 4th. Call Diane with questions, 303-875-7341.
Misc. Notices Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201
Split & Delivered $250 a cord Stacking available extra $25 Delivery charge may apply Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RUMMAGE SALE is back for the 14th year. Deliveries accepted May 9th, 10th & 11th 7am-6pm. Sale on Thursday May 12th & Friday May 13th 7am-6pm on Saturday May 14th 7am-noon. This is a huge sale with large value items. Come see what we have. Location of sale St. Mark's Parish Center. 3141 W. 96th Ave. Westminster. just off Federal Blvd. parish center behind church on the north side. All profits are donated to charity.
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LOCAL
Three take down wrestling awards
Anna Hart, left, of ThunderRidge, and Megan Rumbold of Mountain Vista watch the ball after Rumbold managed to clear it during the May 2 Continental League game at Shea Stadium. ThunderRidge won, 1-0. Photo by Jim Benton
ThunderRidge edges rival Grizzlies defeat Mountain Vista, lose to Regis Jesuit By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com ThunderRidge got a break against Mountain Vista and capitalized. The Grizzlies didn’t have the same fortune two afternoons later against Regis Jesuit. In a Continental League matchup between neighborhood rivals Mountain Vista and ThunderRidge on May 3, the Grizzlies garnered a 1-0 victory on a goal that was mishandled by the Golden Eagles’ keeper. On May 5 with the league title on the line, Regis Jesuit scored twice in the final 4:46, with one goal coming on a penalty kick, and ThunderRidge was handed a 2-1 loss that knocked the Grizzlies out of a chance to tie for the league title. “It didn’t drop our way but we have to be resilient,” ThunderRidge coach Chris Smith said after the loss to Regis. “We’re a team that can be moving in the playoffs.” The lone goal in ThunderRidge’s win over Mountain Vista came in the first half on an indirect free kick by sophomore Maddie Duren. The ball bounced and appeared to
be caught by Mountain Vista keeper Kylee Love. However, Love didn’t control the ball and it slipped past her and beyond the goal line. Duren’s sister and team captain Kylee, a senior, didn’t leave any doubt and kicked the ball farther into the goal. “I thought she caught it,” Maddie Duren said. “I started walking back like it wasn’t in then everybody started cheering. I didn’t think it was going to go in.” Kylee Duren made sure. “Sometimes the referees can’t decide so I put it back in,” she said. “All four years I’ve played Mountain Vista this is the first year we’ve won. It’s a great feeling.” ThunderRidge is now 2-4-2 against Vista in the past eight soccer games between the rivals. “Mountain Vista is the biggest rivalry for us,” Smith said. “Ranch is a rivalry, Rock Canyon is a rivalry, but there’s nothing like Mountain Vista for soccer. “It was unlucky for Mountain Vista, the mishandling of the ball but we knew we were strong defensively and that was our key to play strong defensively, move the ball and get our opportunities, and we had a couple.” Vista had three good chances to score early in the second half but
didn’t capitalize. “We just didn’t get it in,” Vista coach Theresa Echtermeyer said. “Sometimes that happens. You have to capitalize on your opportunities. Unfortunately we didn’t put one in the back of their net. Credit to them for getting the win.” Midfielder Sanela Hodzic, who was celebrating her 18th birthday, put ThunderRidge ahead 1-0 with a goal only 3:18 into the game against Regis, and it appeared the Grizzlies’ defense would hold for the win. However, a foul in the penalty box was called with 4:46 remaining in the game and Sydney Pulver scored on the penalty kick to tie the score. Mia Albery won the game when she headed a corner kick into the goal with 1:58 showing on the clock. ThunderRidge, which beat Ponderosa 4-1 on May 6, finished the regular season with an 11-3-1 record. The Grizzlies were seeded fourth in the 32-team Class 5A playoffs and were scheduled to face Boulder in a May 10 opening-round game. Second-round matches are scheduled for May 13. Mountain Vista lost 2-1 to Castle View May 5 and took an 11-3-1 overall record and a No. 6 seed into its first-round playoff game against Fossil Ridge.
State tennis qualifiers announced Staff report The Class 5A tournament is set for May 12-14 at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver. The 4A tournament is set for Pueblo City Park the same days. Listed below are those who qualified for the respective tournaments. Class 5A The following players from the area qualified for state during regional tennis tournaments May 4-6. Alternates are not listed. Arapahoe (7) - Mackenzie Jones, Natalie Borchelt, Josie Williams, Natalie Sloboth-Elizabeth Palmer, Jess CooperJulie Vortuli.
Cherry Creek (11) - Gloria Son, Micha Handler, Sayuri Garud, Phoebe Mackenzie-Hanna Fernley, Allison Murphy-Emily Wilkens, Caroline Danos-Dailey Solomon, Wendy YanGrace Shepard. Highlands Ranch (3) - Natalie Hagen, Paula Puildo, Abby Audino Heritage (10) - Chloe Schilling, Lauren Thompson, Caroline McLeod-Kendall Jackson, Peyton Pendleton-Katy Cohen. Olivia Woods-Libby Stroup, Anastasia Outekhine-Logan Goetz Mountain Vista (11) - Casey Zhong, Kendra Lavallee, Madi Allen, Ashlen Grote-Alex Begler, Tara Minatta-Mari Dudek, Sami Bheemireddy-Amy Zhong, Hunter Ernest-Hannah Smith.
Legend (2) - Haley Hildenbrand, Rachel Wegener Ponderosa (11) - Lauren Lindell, Claire Cox, Amber Glantz, Sydney Waite-Hunter Barker, Alyssa LoweMadison Smith, Jenna Lowe-Anna Armstrong, Megan Stout-Kaylee Moore. Rock Canyon (5) - Maddie Bove, Jackie Bodwin-Erin Daniel, Claire Steffe-Sara Stavaski. ThunderRidge (4) - Sophie GuzakEllie Behnke, Allie Choe-Caitlin Wilner. Class 4A Littleton (2) - Ashby Bell-Abby Moses Valor Christian (3) - Tiffany Parobek, Marguerite Keegan-Sophia Hazelton.
Two former Douglas County High School wrestling coaches and a Legacy standout were honored May 7 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. Mike Allison, who was head coach at Douglas County for six years before moving to Grand Junction, received the Lifetime of Service award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame - Colorado Chapter. Rich Fell, a 1970 Douglas County graduate and undefeated state champion, accepted the Dave DeGiacomo award for his service Jim Benton as a board member. OVERTIME Fell was an assistant coach for the Huskies for six seasons, including the 1991 state runner-up team. Legacy senior Ryan Deakin took home the Dave Shultz High School Excellence Award. Deakin placed four consecutive years at the state tournament, was a three-time finalist and two-time state champion. He wrapped up his prep career with 177 wins, which included 123 pins. Area soccer teams headed to Boise There will be 11 Denver-area teams competing in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region IV Far West Championships June 20-26 in Boise, Idaho. These teams won the recent Youth Soccer Colorado State Championships and included eight Real Colorado teams from Centennial. The Real boys U12, U13, U14, U15, U16 and U17 teams will be playing next month in Idaho, along with the U13 and U14 Real girls teams. The Colorado United U12 girls team from Littleton also will be playing in the Far West Championships.
Legacy senior Ryan Deakin took home the Dave Shultz High School Excellence Award.
Young Cup team is sixth Six American teams took part in the ITF Young Seniors World Team Championships in Umag, Croatia, on May 4-7 and the team led by Simona Bruetting of Highlands Ranch had the third highest finish of the six, four-person USA teams. Bruetting, a professional at the Colorado Athletic Club-Inverness, was the captain of the Young Cup women’s 40 and older team that finished sixth. Holy Family grad on regional team Regis College freshman infielder Macy Cox, a Holy Family graduate, was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Division II All-South Central regional softball team. Cox, a first-team Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference selection, hit .364 with three home runs, 26 runs batted in, 26 runs scored and seven stolen bases. Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP HIGHLANDS RANCH FALCONS BASEBALL Rock Canyon 13, Highlands Ranch 8 The Falcons lost to Rock Canyon at an away conference game on May 4. Key performers: Sophomore Jordan Medina had one home run and drove in two runs. Senior Cade Grossman drove in two runs and went 2-for-4. Senior Michael Forlenza went 2-for-3.
Highlands Ranch 7, Dakota Ridge 2 The Falcons beat Dakota Ridge in a neutral non-conference game on May 6. Key performers: Sophomore Zac Dammel drove in two runs and went 1-for-3. Junior Brett Newman drove in two runs and went 2-for-4. Sophomore Matt Blackwood allowed two runs.
Highlands Ranch 5, Chaparral 4 Highlands Ranch took victory against Chaparral in a home conference game on May 5. Key performers: Junior Morgan McIntosh drove in one run and went 1-for-3. Senior Daniel McGettigan drove in one run and went 1-for-2. Sophomore Josh Thompson allowed one hit and one run.
GIRLS SOCCER Chatfield 4, Highlands Ranch 0 The Falcons lost to Chatfield in an away non-conference game on May 4. Key performers: Junior Izzy DePinto had nine saves. Eaglecrest 3, Highlands Ranch 0 Highlands Ranch lost to the Eaglecrest Raptors in a home non-conference game
on May 7. BOYS LACROSSE Rock Canyon 8, Highlands Ranch 7 The Falcons lost to the Jaguars in a home conference game on May 3. Key performers: Junior Tommy Mott scored four goals. Sophomore Cam Entwistle scored two goals and junior Nick Gallegos scored one. Highlands Ranch 12, Cherokee Trail 0 The Falcons took victory against Cherokee Trail in an away non-conference game on May 5. Key performers: Junior Tommy Mott scored three goals and had two assists. Freshman TK Hammond scored two goals.
Freshman Connor Monroe had seven saves. TRACK & FIELD Continenetal League Frosh/Soph Meet The Falcons girls team placed third of 11 at their conference meet on May 4 at the Sports Authority Stadium. The Falcons boys team placed third of 11 at the conference. Key Performers: Freshman Kyriana Chambo finished fifth in the 100 meter with a time of 13.10 seconds. Sophomore Camille Gale finished sixth in the 400 meter with a time of 1:04.82. Junior Ray Robinson won the 200 meter with a time of 23.19 seconds. Freshman Kaden Smith finished second in the 400 meter with a time of 52.99 seconds.
VALOR CHRISTIAN EAGLES BASEBALL Valor Christian 21, Standley Lake 1 The Eagles took victory against Standley Lake in an away conference game on May 3. Key performers: Senior Levi Walters drove in three runs and went 1-for-1. Sophomore Luke Ziegler drove in two runs and went 2-for-2. Senior Sean Rooney had three stolen bases. Valor Christian 10, Wheat Ridge 2 Valor Christian took victory at a home conference game against Wheat Ridge on May 5. Key performers: Senior Jonathon Boulaphinh drove in three runs and went 4-for-4. Senior Justin Favaro drove in two runs. Senior Christian Barber had two stolen bases. GIRLS SOCCER Valor Christian 5, Green Mountain 0 The Eagles beat Green Mountain in a home conference game on May 5 with a
3-0 lead in the first half. Key performers: Junior Brianna Johnson scored one goal and had one assist. Juniors Kylie Smith and Camryn Dyke each scored one goal. Valor Christian 3, Standley Lake 1 Valor Christian took victory in an away conference game against Standley Lake on May 6. Key performers: Junior Brianna Johnson scored two goals. Junior Camryn Dyke scored one goal and had one assist. BOYS LACROSSE Valor Christian 12, Cheyenne Mountain 6 The Eagles beat Cheyenne Mountain in a home conference game on May 3. Key performers: Freshman Lance Tillman and junior Gianna Orlando each scored three goals. Freshman Eric Pacheco won 13 face-offs. Valor Christian 14, Fountain Valley/Colorado Springs 2
Valor Christian took victory against Fountain Valley/Colorado Springs in an away conference game on May 4. Key performers: Sophomore Garrett Ziegler scored five goals. Freshman Lance Tillman scored two goals and had one assist. Junior Nick Pacheco won six face-offs. GIRLS LACROSSE ThunderRidge 14, Valor Christian 3 Valor Christian lost to ThunderRidge in an away conference game on May 3. Key performers: Seniors Peyton Meyer, Sophia Niemi and Dominique Shell each scored one goal. Freshman Addy Tysdal had eight saves. Valor Christian 10, Castle View/Douglas County 9 The Eagles took victory against Castle View/Douglas County in a home conference game on May 6. Key performers: Senior Sophia Niemi scored three goals and had one assist. Se-
nior Peyton Meyer scored two goals and had one interception. Freshman Addy Tysdal had seven saves. TRACK & FIELD Jeffco Qualifier #3 The Eagles girls team placed first of 18 at their conference meet on May 4 and May 5 at the Jeffco Stadium. The Eagles boys track & field team placed fourth of 18 at the conference. Key Performers: Junior Tess Boade finished second in the 100 meter with a time of 12.14 seconds. Freshman Destiny Grimes won the 100 meter hurdles in 15.79 seconds. Senior Christian Barber finished third in the 100 meter with a time of 11.02 seconds. Junior Chase McLean won the 300-meter hurdles in 38.92 seconds.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP ROCK CANYON JAGUARS BASEBALL Rock Canyon 7, Chaparral 1 Rock Canyon won the last regular season game played May 6. Key performers: In seven innings pitched, Jake Clark struck out three batters and allowed one run. Nick Merone had two RBIs. Rock Canyon 12, Legend 6 Rock Canyon won the May 5 conference game. Key performers: Trevor Howard and Logan O’Neil each hit home runs. Nick Merone and Colton Hill each had two stolen bases. Rock Canyon 13, Highlands Ranch 8 Rock Canyon won the cross-town rivalry game played May 4.
Key performers: Ben Sneider hit a home run and logged three RBIs. Nick Merone had two stolen bases. BOYS LACROSSE Rock Canyon 6, Lewis-Palmer 5 Rock Canyon won the May 5 game in overtime. Key performers: Ty Veres and Dylan Adams each scored two goals. RJ McLennan and Jonny Landis also scored. Goalkeeper Erik Peters had 8 saves. Rock Canyon 8, Highlands Ranch 7 Rock Canyon won the cross-town rivalry game played May 3. Key performers: RJ McLennan and Sloan Wiggins each scored two goals. Goalkeeper Erik Peters had 18 saves.
GIRLS SOCCER Rock Canyon 1, Liberty 0 Rock Canyon shut out Liberty in final regular season game played May 6. Key performers: Dakota Wendell scored the only goal. Goalkeeper Camryn Yacks had three saves and Kenna Caldwell had two saves. Rock Canyon 3, Doherty 2 Rock Canyon edged out Doherty in overtime at the May 5 non-conference. Key performers: Jamie Tatum, Dakota Wendell and Kayte Mundwiller scored goals. Rock Canyon 2, Legend 0 Rock Canyon shut out Legend in the May 2 conference game. Key performers: Dakota Wendell and
Jamie Tatum scored goals. TRACK AND FIELD Continental League Frosh/Soph Meet: Rock Canyon boys placed fifth and girls placed seventh in the May 4 meet held in Parker. Top finisher were: Devin Cadena, first place, 100 meter and second place, long jump; Parker Garrison, first place, 300 meter hurdles, and third place, 110 meter hurdles; Chris Theodore, third place; 3200 meter; Tanner Riker, first place, 200 meter, and second place, 100 meter; 4x200-meter girls relay team, first place; Randi Higashi, second place, 400 meter; and Emily Stillwell, third place, 100 meter hurdles.
MOUNTAIN VISTA GOLDEN EAGLES BASEBALL Mountain Vista 6, Douglas County 2 The Golden Eagles won an away conference game against Douglas County on May 4. Key performers: Senior Tyler Hildebrand drove in one run. Senior Cooper Shearon drove in one run and went 1-for-3. Senior Tryston Bewley allowed two hits. ThunderRidge 17, Mountain Vista 6 Mountain Vista lost to ThunderRidge in an away conference game on May 5. Key performers: Senior Chase Noell, junior Brody Perkins and senior Jake Eissler each had one home run.
GIRLS SOCCER ThunderRidge 1, Mountain Vista 0 The Golden Eagles lost a close neutral conference game against the ThunderRidge Grizzlies on May 3. Key performers: Sophomore Maddie Duren scored one goal and junior Sierra Roth had seven saves.
BOYS LACROSSE Mountain Vista 15, Palmer 7 The Golden Eagles beat Palmer in a home conference game on May 4. Key performers: Senior Jake Harvey scored three goals. Sophomore Jake Govett scored three goals and had five assists.
Castle View 2, Mountain Vista 1 Mountain Vista lost to Castle View in an away conference game on May 5. Key performers: Junior Katie Joella scored one goal and Megan Rumbold had one assist. Sophomore Kylee Love had three saves.
Mountain Vista 14, Arapahoe 11 Mountain Vista took victory in a home non-conference game against Arapahoe on May 6. Key performers: Junior Jake Frane and sophomore Ryan Nunes each scored four goals. Senior Paxton Boyer had 15 saves.
TRACK & FIELD Continental League Frosh/Soph Meet The Golden Eagles girls team placed first of 11 at their conference meet on May 4 at Sports Authority Stadium. The Golden Eagles boys team also placed first of 11 at the conference. Key Performers: Freshman Julia Chambers won the 1,600 meter with a time of 5:27.33. Freshman Zoe Simmons won the 3,200 meter with a time of 12:05.55. Sophomore Shayan Zarrin won the 1,600 meter in 4:39.39. Sophomore Parker MacKay won the 3,200 meter with a time of 9:50.71.
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SKYVIEW ACADEMY HAWKS BASEBALL Junior Joseph Pippin drove in one run and went 2-for-4. SkyView Academy 12, Manual 2 PUBLIC NOTICE The Hawks beat Manual in a home conPUBLIC INVITATION TO BID ference game on May 3. GIRLS SOCCER Separate sealed bids for 2016 SURFACE Key performers: Junior Connor Simpson SkyView Academy 2, St. Mary’s TREATMENT PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2016drove in three runs and went 2-for-3. Academy 1 002 will be received by the Owner, Junior Gabe Nelson drove in two runs andGovernment, Douglas County Depart-beat St. Mary’s AcadThe Hawks ment of Public Works Engineering, Philip went 2-for-3. Junior Dylan Guggenmos emyStreet, in an away conference game S. Miller Building, 100 Third Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tueshad two stolen bases. on May 2. day, May 24, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of surface in Keytreatments Performers: Senior Sophie Utley SkyView Academy 10, Denvervarious Academy 5 throughout locations Douglas County. and sophomore Jena Steller each scored The Hawks took victory in an away nononemay goal. Allison Joseph had The Contract be Sophomore exconference game against Denver Acad- Documents amined at the above address after 10:00 three saves. a.m. on Monday, May 9, 2016, and copemy on May 7. ies of the Contract Documents may be ob-
Key performers: Freshman Christian Faith 4, SkyView 2 PublicAcademy Notice tained upon payment of $35.00Christian for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (AddiLopez drove in two runs and went 1-for-2. The Hawks lost to the Faith Christian PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING tional charge if mailing is required.) COUNTY’S COMMUNITY Junior Gabe Nelson had two stolen bases. Eagles in a homeDOUGLAS conference game on DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at the same address.
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team placed sixth of eight May 3. Key Performers: Sophomore Jena Steller at their conference meet on May 6 at Twin El Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 es un and freshman Elizabeth Lui each plan scored de desarrollo de la vivienda y Peaks Charter. The boys team placed fifth. comunidad para el Departamento de one goal. Sophomore Allison ViviendaJoseph y Desarrollo Key UrbanoPerformers: (HUD) de Senior Ben Butler won los EE.UU. y el Programa sobre el Ramo had six saves. para el Desarrollo Comunitario. El Plan the 3,200 meter with a time of 9:27.91. de Acción Anual del 2016 esbozan los
SkyView Academy 7, KIPP Denver proyectos que serán fundados el pro- Unruh finished fourth in JuniorenCassie grama del año 2016, que abordaran las Collegiate 0 necesidades y metas de la vivienda dethe 1,600ymeter with a time of 5:40.70. sarrollo de en Douglas SkyView Academy took victory inlaacomunidad Sophomore County. Los fondos asignados a las act- Payton Grove finished fifth ividades Anual del home non-conference game on Mayen5.el Plan de Acción 2 0 1 6 i n c l u y e n a p rin o x ithe m a d 1,600 a m e n t emeter with a time of 5:40.72. Key Performers: Sophomore Jena Steller $732,365. Los cambios en cuatro proyecSophomore tos financiados anteriormente serán dis- Tiana Schwartz finished sixth scored three goals and senior Sophie cutidos e incluidos en el Plan de Acción in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.54 del 2016. Utley scored two. Sophomore Anual Allison seconds. Jimmy Scavuzzo El periodo de comentarios de 30 días Sophomore para Joseph had four saves. el Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 es del finished second in the 1,600 12 de mayo, 2016 hasta el 10 de junio de PUBLIC meter NOTICE with a 2016. Estos documentos están dispontime of 4:50.48. TRACK & FIELD ibles en línea en www.douglas.co.us al INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) hacer la búsqueda en el Plan de Acción #027-16 3A Metro League Meet Anual CDBG del 2016. El sitio web SEMI-ANNUAL MAINTENANCE for
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Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for 2016 SURFACE TREATMENT PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2016002 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of surface treatments in various locations throughout Douglas County. The Contract Documents may be examined at the above address after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 9, 2016, and copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained upon payment of $35.00 for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (Additional charge if mailing is required.) A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at the same address. The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities:
• Hot Mix Asphalt (Grading S) (75) (Full Depth) (Haul and Asphalt) (Small Patching) – 173 Tons • Cover Coat Material (3/8 Inch)(Chip) – 265,358 SY • Cover Coat Material (Slurry) – 265,358 SY • Cover Coat Material (3/8 Inch)(Slag) – 44,133 SY • Cover Coat Material (1/4 Inch)(Slag) – 182,294 SY Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado
• Hot Mix Asphalt (Grading S) (75) (Full Depth) (Haul and Asphalt) (Small Patching) – 173 Tons • Cover Coat Material (3/8 Inch)(Chip) – 265,358 SY • Cover Coat Material (Slurry) – 265,358 SY • Cover Coat Material (3/8 Inch)(Slag) – 44,133 SY • Cover Coat Material (1/4 Inch)(Slag) – 182,294 SY Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.
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Any questions on the bidding process may be directed to Terry Gruber, Project Engineer at 303.660.7490. For Planholder Information, Please Call 303.660.7490 (Front Desk) Legal Notice No.: 929128 First Publication: May 5, 2016 Last Publication: May 12, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING DOUGLAS COUNTY’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM’S 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2016 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN The 2016 Annual Action Plan is a housing and community development plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The 2016 Annual Action Plan outlines the projects to be funded in the 2016 program year, which will address the community needs and goals for housing and community development in Douglas County. Funding allocated to activities in the 2016 Annual Action Plan includes approximately $732,365. Changes to four previously funded projects will be discussed and included in the 2016 Annual Action Plan. The 30-day comment period for the 2016 Annual Action Plan is from May 12, 2016 through June 10, 2016. These documents
The 2016 Annual Action Plan is a housing and community development plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The 2016 Annual Action Plan outlines the projects to be funded in the 2016 program year, which will address the community needs and goals for housing and community development in Douglas County. Funding allocated to activities in the 2016 Annual Action Plan includes approximately $732,365. Changes to four previously funded projects will be discussed and included in the 2016 Annual Action Plan.
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The 30-day comment period for the 2016 Annual Action Plan is from May 12, 2016 through June 10, 2016. These documents are available online at www.douglas.co.us by searching for 2016 CDBG Annual Action Plan. The website also includes a list of locations to access a hard copy of the plan. Share your comments at an open house scheduled for June 8, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Conference Rooms A and B at 100 Third St. in Castle Rock. A public hearing will be held on June 14, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, in the Commissioners Hearing Room, at the same address, to consider the adoption of the 2016 Annual Action Plan. Interpreters or special needs accommodations can be provided with advance notice by contacting Tina Dill, Douglas County Department of Community Development at 303-814-4380. Persons in need of information for the hearing impaired may call the TTY number at 303-663-7791. Legal Notice No.: 929147 First Publication: May 12, 2016 Last Publication: May 12, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice AVISO PUBLICO EN RELACION HAL PROGRAMA DEL CONDADO DE DOUGLAS SOBRE EL RAMO PARA EL DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO Y EL PERIODO DE COMENTARIO PUBLICO DE 30 DIAS, CASA ABIERTA Y AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA SOBRE EL PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL DEL 2016 El Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 es un plan de desarrollo de la vivienda y comunidad para el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD) de los EE.UU. y el Programa sobre el Ramo
AVISO PUBLICO EN RELACION HAL PROGRAMA DEL CONDADO DE DOUGLAS SOBRE EL RAMO PARA EL DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO Y EL PERIODO DE COMENTARIO PUBLICO DE 30 DIAS, CASA ABIERTA Y AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA SOBRE EL PLAN The Hawks girls DE ACCIÓN ANUAL DEL 2016
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AVISO PUBLICO EN RELACION HAL PROGRAMA DEL CONDADO DE DOUGLAS SOBRE EL RAMO PARA EL DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO Y EL PERIODO DE COMENTARIO PUBLICO DE 30 DIAS, CASA ABIERTA Y AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA SOBRE EL PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL DEL 2016
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El Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 es un plan de desarrollo de la vivienda y comunidad para el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD) de los EE.UU. y el Programa sobre el Ramo para el Desarrollo Comunitario. El Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 esbozan los proyectos que serán fundados en el programa del año 2016, que abordaran las necesidades y metas de la vivienda y desarrollo de la comunidad en Douglas County. Los fondos asignados a las actividades en el Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 incluyen aproximadamente $732,365. Los cambios en cuatro proyectos financiados anteriormente serán discutidos e incluidos en el Plan de Acción Anual del 2016. El periodo de comentarios de 30 días para el Plan de Acción Anual del 2016 es del 12 de mayo, 2016 hasta el 10 de junio de 2016. Estos documentos están disponibles en línea en www.douglas.co.us al hacer la búsqueda en el Plan de Acción Anual CDBG del 2016. El sitio web también incluye una lista de ubicaciones de acceso a una copia impresa del plan. Comparta sus comentarios en una casa abierta programada para el 8 de junio, 2016 desde las 4:00 a las 6:00 p.m. en los salones de conferencias A y B a la dirección, 100 Third Street en Castle Rock. Una audiencia pública se llevara a cabo en el 14 de junio, 2016 a la 1:30 p.m. por el Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas / Mesa de Comisionados del Condado de Douglas, en el Commissioners Hearing Room / Salón del Audiencias de los Comisionados, en la misma dirección, para considerar la adaptación del Plan de Acción Anual del 2016. Intérpretes o acomodaciones para los individuos con necesidades especiales se podrán proporcionar con aviso por adelantado al ponerse en contacto con la Sra. Tina Dill, Douglas County Department of Community Development / De-
también incluye una lista de ubicaciones de acceso a una copia impresa del plan. Comparta sus comentarios en una casa abierta programada para el 8 de junio, 2016 desde las 4:00 a las 6:00 p.m. en los salones de conferencias A y B a la dirección, 100 Third Street en Castle Rock.
UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS)
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The Facilities, Fleet & Emergency Support Services Department of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible qualified firms for the provision of services related to full-serUna audiencia pública se llevara a cabo vice (with parts) Semi-Annual Maintenen el 14 de junio, 2016 a la 1:30 p.m. por ance for the Uninterruptible Power Supply el Board of County Commissioners of the (UPS) at various County building locaTo advertise publictions, notices call 303-566-4100 County of Douglas / Mesa de your Comisionas specified. ados del Condado de Douglas, en el Commissioners Hearing Room / Salón del The IFB documents may be reviewed Audiencias de los Comisionados, en la and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain Emisma dirección, para considerar la Purchasing System website at www.rockyadaptación del Plan de Acción Anual del mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents 2016. are not available for purchase from Intérpretes o acomodaciones para los inDouglas County Government and can dividuos con necesidades especiales se only be accessed from the above-menpodrán proporcionar con aviso por adtioned website. While the IFB documents elantado al ponerse en contacto con la are available electronically, Douglas Sra. Tina Dill, Douglas County DepartCounty cannot accept electronic bid rement of Community Development / Desponses. partamento del Condado de Douglas del Desarrollo Comunitario al 303-814-4380. Three (3) copies of your IFB response Personas con la necesidad de shall be submitted in a sealed envelope información para las personas con displainly marked “IFB No. 027-16, UPS capacidad auditiva pueden hablar al Maintenance”. Electronic and/or faxed bid número de TTY al 303-663-7791. responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, Publication Date / Fecha de May 26, 2016 by the Douglas County PurPublicación chasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite May 12, 2016 / 12 de mayo del 2016 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received Legal Notice No.: 929148 after the time stated, and any bids so reFirst Publication: May 12, 2016 ceived will be returned unopened. Last Publication: May 12, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities PUBLIC NOTICE contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the #027-16 best interest of the County to do so. AddiSEMI-ANNUAL MAINTENANCE for tionally, we reserve the right to negotiate UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY optional items/services with the success(UPS) ful bidder. The Facilities, Fleet & Emergency SupPlease direct any questions concerning port Services Department of Douglas this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing County Government, hereinafter referred Supervisor, 303-660-7434, to as the County, respectfully requests criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 bids from responsible qualified firms for p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding the provision of services related to full-serholidays. vice (with parts) Semi-Annual Maintenance for the Uninterruptible Power Supply Legal Notice No.: 929153 (UPS) at various County building locaFirst Publication: May 12, 2016 tions, as specified. Last Publication: May 12, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.
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