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Full-time library director post cut Kari May will be leaving at the end of this week By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Citing budgetary matters, the Pines and Plains Library District Board of Trustees voted 3-1 on Jan. 28 to eliminate the full-time director position, meaning Kari May’s job will end Feb. 13.

The proposed change had been the subject of a special meeting on Jan. 12, and the board followed up with the vote at its regular-ly scheduled meeting.

Susan St. Vincent, board president, said the board convened the special meeting to address bud-getary concerns that came to a head in December.

“At that December meeting,” she said, “it was brought to the board’s attention that during the fi nancial broker’s effort to refi nance the Elizabeth Branch building loan, there was only one bank interested in taking on the risk of this loan.”

Financial projections point to contin-ued defi cits within the district through 2021. The board cited a number of factors — including declining property tax reve-nues and disappointing fundraising results — tied to the district’s continuing defi cit, a defi cit that has forced it to rely on proceeds from the sale of the old Elizabeth Library and the Carlson Building to supplement revenues.

“We are choosing to be proactive in this situation and not waiting until it is a ‘crisis’ beyond recovery,” St. Vincent said. “The board is committed to continuing servic-ing our patrons at the present level; this is a priority.”

In the past, the board has implemented other efforts to ease the strains on the dis-trict’s budget such as a reduction of branch service hours and employee working hours. St. Vincent anticipates that the re-fi nancing of the Elizabeth Branch building and the elimination of the full-time direc-tor position will eliminate the requirement for additional cuts in the near future.

May has been the public face for the district since she moved to Elizabeth to ac-cept the job as the district’s full-time direc-tor in 2008.

During her tenure, May oversaw two upgrades to the library district’s catalogu-ing systems, the relocation of the Elizabeth Library from East Main Street to its pres-ent location on Beverly Street, and the rebranding of the district from the Elbert County Library District to the Pines and Plains Library District last fall.

May also held the position as the president of the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL), serving as elected presi-dent, president and past president under the organizations three-year leadership structure. CAL membership is made up of librarians, library employees and other institutions that support intellectual free-dom, offers professional development, and provide the opportunity to network with librarians and civic leaders.

In a news release issued after the meet-ing, the board expressed its appreciation for May’s service to the district and wished her good luck in her future endeavors.

“Ms. May has brought a high level of

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Court-appointed volunteers help youths traverse the foster system By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com

They are managers of fraud investigations, homemakers and customer-account and mar-keting managers.

But to the children they are assigned, they are a friend to play video games or watch movies with, a tutor for homework help or someone to take them to the park or mall.

Most of all, they are a trusted adult the child can talk to.

They are Court Appointed Special Advocates.“CASAs have no other reason to be there ex-

cept for the kid,” said Kevin Gedeon, a CASA vol-unteer since spring 2012. “They’re always good kids, but they are in the worst imaginable situ-ations.”

The advocates are volunteers appointed by a judge or magistrate to children involved in a de-pendency or neglect case, said Kristen Kunz, 18th Judicial District CASA program director. The case will involve either imminent risk of harm to the child or familial struggles. Poverty is not consid-ered a struggle, Kunz said, but may go hand-in-hand with challenges that do qualify — physical, sexual or substance abuse, mental illness or do-mestic violence.

The process begins once a court case is trig-gered, Kunz said, and a child is entered into the custody of social services and placed in a foster home. An advocate is matched with a family, generally, within 60 days of the case opening. The advocate stays with the family until the case closes, she said, which averages about 12 to 18 months.

The Department of Human Services works to help get families back on track, Kunz said, and advocates do a lot of the legwork investigating what is in the child’s best interest.

“It’s easy to think that once a case is in the courts, everything just takes care of itself,” said C.J. Whelan, Centennial city councilmember, District 4, “but that is far from the truth.”

A reliable presenceCASA provides the resource that helps the

child as they traverse the system, he said.Advocates are “the voice for the children in the

foster system,” said Yolanda Bryant, a CASA vol-unteer since 2006. “We are those children’s advo-cate until they are reunited with their families or are adopted by a new, forever family.”

It’s hard on children if they are placed into a strange home, or if they have been abused by a parental fi gure, Gedeon said.

“Their whole world has been completely de-

molished,” he said. “It puts everyday worries into perspective, in comparison to a young kid whose world is upside down.”

Often, a child’s advocate is the most consis-tent person in their life, Bryant said. The child can always rely on their CASA, she said, whether it’s spending time together as a trusted friend or as a confi dant to discuss any issues the child may be experiencing at the foster home or school.

“You try and talk to them as much as you can — fi nd out how things are going,” Gedeon said. “It makes a big impression on them to see a stranger who cares.”

CASA is the only volunteer opportunity writ-ten into law, Kunz said. Therefore, advocates re-ceive court orders that allow them access to rel-evant information to best help the child, she said. Such information includes details on therapy sessions, and school, medical and court records.

The written reports, which are submitted by a child’s advocate at every court hearing, Kunz said, often are the “main vehicle for advocacy in the courtroom.”

“CASAs really get to know these kids. You help the judge and lawyers make the choices that are in the best interest of the child,” Bryant said. “Sometimes you’re the only one in the courtroom who really knows the child.”

Closing the communication gap is key to be-ing an advocate, said Josiane Edy, a CASA volun-teer since 2007.

Yolanda Bryant wrote “One Child at a Time: The Mission of a Court Appointed Special Advocate” with the hope that the book will lead others to volunteer for CASA. In the book, Bryant tells Kelly’s story. Kelly is a 3-year-old girl that Bryant championed as she went through the foster care system. She is pictured here with her canine companion, Abba. Courtesy photo s

Yolanda Bryant has been a CASA volunteer since 2006. She wrote the book, wrote “One Child at a Time: The Mission of a Court Ap-pointed Special Advocate” with the hope that the book will lead others to volunteer for the organization.

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Bands to battle on Kiowa stage Groups compete for cash, prizes, opportunity By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

The second High Plains Battle of the Bands is set for Feb. 21 at the Elbert County Fairgrounds in Kiowa. The competition features six bands competing in a head-to-head competition for cash, prizes and the opportunity to perform at the 2015 Eliza-beth Music & Art Festival.

The organizer and president of Peak Events, Mike Anthony, said that the six bands participating are school-aged mu-sicians ranging from middle school to high school, coming from across the Front

Range, including Douglas County, Denver and even as far away as Fort Collins.

“There are two types of battles of the bands,” Anthony says. “The fi rst type is where the band plays for a panel who judg-es their musical ability. Ours isn’t like that. Ours is a pure popularity contest.”

Each band will have a 30-minute win-dow to set up, perform and strike. Audience members then vote for their favorite band via a text network, donated by Viaero Wire-less in Elizabeth, that tabulates the results. The winning band will take home half of the door receipts along with an invitation to perform at the Elizabeth Music & Art Festi-val in August. The other half of the take cov-ers expenses and building rental.

“The faster they can set up, the more songs they can play,” said Anthony, who estimated the average playing time of each

band at around 20 minutes or about four to fi ve songs.

The fi rst High Plains Battle of the Bands was held in the winter of 2013 as a way for Anthony to encourage younger musicians to participate in the Elizabeth Music & Art Festival, of which he is the organizer. Ac-cording to Anthony, the 2013 winners took home around $600.

“That’s a lot of money for a high school band for a 20-minute performance,” he said.

This year, Peak Events will again collabo-rate with Musicians in Action (MIA), a Colo-rado nonprofi t, which will host a “Not-So-Silent-Auction” during the performances. Anthony jokes that the auction takes place while the bands are performing and is any-thing but silent.

The auction is designed to raise aware-

ness and resources for the homelessness agencies MIA supports, such as the Colo-rado Coalition for the Homeless, the Gath-ering Place, Urban Peak and Senior Support Services. Businesses wishing to participate in the auction may donate items up until the start of the event, but Anthony encour-ages donors to contact him as early as pos-sible.

Doors at the County Fairgrounds in Ki-owa open at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 and the performance starts at 6 p.m. Tickets for the show are available at the door for $5 and children under 10 are free.

Peak Events is a production and man-agement business run by Mike and Jami Anthony, who have been organizing events in Elbert and Douglas counties and are founders of the Elizabeth Music & Art Festi-val, which is scheduled for Aug. 22.

AREA CLUBSOngoingDOUGLAS-ELBERT COUNTY Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

THE ELBERT County Sheriff’s Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large. For more information or a membership application, go to http://www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

THE ELIZABETH Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Eliza-beth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

LAWYERS AT the Library, a free legal clinic for par-ties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and proce-dure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal

defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.

MYSTERY BOOK Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org.

THE OUTBACK Express is a public transit service pro-vided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackex-press.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New

Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

SENIORS MEET in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425 for information.

VFW POST 10649 meets monthly at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of every month at 24325 Main St., Elbert. Go to http://www.vfwpost10649.org. Contact Alan Beebe at 303-435-2560 for questions.

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

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

AARP PARKER meets at 1 p.m. every second

Wednesday of the month at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker. There are interesting and informative programs for seniors. For further informa-tion, contact Patsy at 303-905-1008.

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

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

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

BREAKFAST CLUB Singles 50 plus meets at 8:30 a.m. the third Saturday each month at the Ridge Bar & Grill, Castle Pines North Golf Club (exit I-25 at Castle Pines Parkway and go 2 miles west). Breakfast orders taken at 9 a.m. This is an active singles group with opportunities to make new friends while enjoing various activities. Make reservations or find information by calling 303-814-8428. Leave a name and number and you will receive a call back. The website is www.TBC50plus.org.

Supporters and opponents alike turned out in large numbers to testify on the numerous gun laws proposed by Republicans. In the Senate Judiciary Committee, sta� used remote testimony for the � rst time, allowing voters such as Janet Johnson of Grand Junction (pictured) to speak on proposed measures. Photo by Amy Woodward

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Bands to battle on Kiowa stageness and resources for the homelessness agencies MIA supports, such as the Colo-rado Coalition for the Homeless, the Gath-ering Place, Urban Peak and Senior Support Services. Businesses wishing to participate in the auction may donate items up until the start of the event, but Anthony encour-ages donors to contact him as early as pos-sible.

Doors at the County Fairgrounds in Ki-owa open at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 and the performance starts at 6 p.m. Tickets for the show are available at the door for $5 and children under 10 are free.

Peak Events is a production and man-agement business run by Mike and Jami Anthony, who have been organizing events in Elbert and Douglas counties and are founders of the Elizabeth Music & Art Festi-val, which is scheduled for Aug. 22.

Wednesday of the month at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker. There are interesting and informative programs for seniors. For further informa-tion, contact Patsy at 303-905-1008.

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

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

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

BREAKFAST CLUB Singles 50 plus meets at 8:30 a.m. the third Saturday each month at the Ridge Bar & Grill, Castle Pines North Golf Club (exit I-25 at Castle Pines Parkway and go 2 miles west). Breakfast orders taken at 9 a.m. This is an active singles group with opportunities to make new friends while enjoing various activities. Make reservations or find information by calling 303-814-8428. Leave a name and number and you will receive a call back. The website is www.TBC50plus.org.

Fracking ban could result in compensationOil, gas task force o�ers glimpse of recommendationsBy Amy Woodwardawoodward@coloradocommunitymedia.com

A number of members of the state House of Representatives are supporting a pro-posed fracking bill that will require com-pensation to royalty owners for the value of lost revenue not received due to local gov-ernments that elect to implement a hydrau-lic fracturing ban.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Perry Buck, R-Windsor, awaits its hearing in the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Commit-tee, but has accumulated co-sponsorships by 17 other Republican representatives.

“Government cannot take your property without just compensation,” Buck said of her bill.

It’s the first piece of legislation related to fracking to come from the General As-sembly this session. Most lawmakers are waiting for recommendations from the governor’s oil and gas task force, which was

created last September, before introducing other fracking bills.

Last week, the task force approved a number of proposals with a straw vote on increased local government involvement for drilling operations, which included sup-port for permitting processes for operators that would require local government ap-proval.

The operator may seek mediation through the land dispute resolution board if a local government does not approve, and the operator may appeal to a district court if the mediation is not successful.

The 19-member task force will be work-ing through the final drafts of its proposal in the coming weeks, with a pending deadline to submit its recommendations to the gov-ernor on Feb. 27. The task force will meet for the last time on Feb. 24.

“After listening to the task force meetings … it gets really, really complicated,” said Rep. Su Ryden, D-Aurora. “That is probably my biggest concern with this bill, is that it would be, I think, very difficult to even try to carry out with so many unknowns involved — nobody really knows what a well is going to produce until it actually produces it.”

House Dems vote down proposed gun lawsParties divided over legislationBy Amy Woodwardawoodward@coloradocommunitymedia.com

There was a fervor for gun legislation at the State Capitol last week with seven pro-posed measures going through House and Senate committees.

Republicans and Democrats dished out party-line votes that left both groups at an impasse on many of those bills.

Five gun bills that concern permits, background checks and private firearm transfers were some of the measures heard

in the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee. The measures predict-ably failed while the Senate Judiciary com-mittee passed two gun measures with a Re-publican majority vote, 3-2.

A House bill proposed by Rep. Janak Joshi, R-Colorado Springs, which repeals the state’s requirement for criminal back-ground checks prior to a private gun trans-fer, garnered a duplicate measure in the Senate. With the House version failing, the Senate bill is expected to die as well, once it reaches the Democratic controlled House.

Attempts by Republicans to reverse con-tentious gun laws was anticipated for this year’s legislative session, but some lawmak-

ers were left scratching their heads at bills that have received past bipartisan support.

One of the Senate bills heard in commit-tee last week aimed to lift restrictions on the carrying of a concealed handgun by getting rid of the permit requirement which was passed into law in 2003. The bill would not change existing prohibitions from carry-ing concealed guns in certain public places such as school grounds.

Sen. Michael Merrifield, D-Colorado Springs, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee inquired about the changes to the 2003 law he helped to establish.

“It was a bipartisan bill,” Merrifield said. “I’m curious as to what’s wrong with what

we did 14 years ago … what’s broken?”Proponents for the bill argued that the

state’s mandatory criminal background check for gun purchases should be all that is needed to carry a concealed handgun.

“This bill really doesn’t change anything except decriminalize the right to carry a concealed without a permit,” said Dud-ley Brown, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and president of the National Association for Gun Rights.

The measure passed the Senate 3-2 and moved to appropriations.

But if last week’s division is any indica-tor, the bill will not travel very far before it is voted down in the House.

Supporters and opponents alike turned out in large numbers to testify on the numerous gun laws proposed by Republicans. In the Senate Judiciary Committee, sta� used remote testimony for the �rst time, allowing voters such as Janet Johnson of Grand Junction (pictured) to speak on proposed measures. Photo by Amy Woodward

GUN LEGISLATIONHB 1009: Repeal large ammo magazine ban: Failed in House committee

HB 1049: Deadly force against intruders in businesses:

HB 1050: Repeal Gun Transfer Background Check requirement and fee for private �rearm transfers: Failed in house committee

HB 1086: CBI produce certi�cates for gun transferees

HB 1127: Reducing civil liability for businesses that permit the carrying of concealed handguns: Failed in House commit-tee

HB 1138: Concerning concealed handgun permits; the bill allows a valid Colorado concealed handgun permit to substi-tute as an otherwise authorized criminal background check pursuant to the transfer of a �rearm: To be heard in committee

HB 1168: Permitting the carrying of concealed handguns on public elementary and secondary school properties: To be heard in committee

SB 32: Allows a person who legally possesses a handgun under state and federal law to carry a concealed handgun in Colorado with receiving a permit; passed in Senate committee

SB 86: duplicate of HB 1050; passed in Senate committee

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Judge uses kindness to get resultsBonnie McLean, of Parker, appointed by governor last fallBy Chris Michlewiczcmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Fairness, accountability and under-standing reign in Bonnie McLean’s court.

McLean, a Parker resident since 2001, was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in September to fill a seat left vacant by the retirement of 18th Judicial District Court Judge Vincent White. She began presiding over cases in mid-January.

People who find themselves on the wrong side of the law could only hope for their case to be handled by McLean. While some judges are notorious for making ex-amples out of offenders, McLean repre-sents the compassionate side of the bench. Her top priority is to affect positive change in the lives of those who appear before her, whether by traditional or inventive means.

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“I don’t care if I’m in the middle of a 50-person docket,” she says. “If a former juvenile (offender) wants to stop and say ‘hi,’ I’ll take a few minutes to chat with them.”

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Douglas district reschedules summitInnovation exposition will showcase reform e�orts for other districtsBy Jane Reuterjreuter @coloradocommunitymedia.com

A three-day event — designed to show-case and share with others the Douglas County School District’s efforts to change education — is planned from Feb. 18-20 with sessions at Lone Tree’s Denver Mar-riott South hotel and in various schools. The Innovation Summit originally was scheduled for June 2014.

It was rescheduled because Febru-ary works better for both the district and those interested in attending, according to DCSD.

To date, 37 people have registered for the event.

Described on the district’s website as “an unprecedented opportunity to col-laborate on the reinvention of American education,” the event will include ses-

sions on student assessments, school choice, teacher evaluations and pay structures, safety, site-based budgeting and other topics.

Participants will visit schools to “see classrooms of the future in DCSD today” and “meet teachers and students engaged in 21st-century learning,” according to the site.

There is no registration fee for partici-pants.

DCSD originally planned the June event with a charge of $200 per partici-pant or $400 for teams of two or more, but dropped fees from the rescheduled event.

The removal of fees was designed to make it more affordable for districts that would like to attend, according to DCSD.

Parent Meg Masten, who has been critical of many of DCSD’s reforms, is concerned about the cost of the event and how DCSD will be portrayed to par-ticipants.

“I worry that those attending the sum-mit will see a carefully crafted view of DCSD that fails to shed light on all the unfunded needs we have, as well as the

poor parent and staff satisfaction levels,” she said, adding she is not convinced the event costs are completely covered by non-district funds. “The district staff time that is being spent to promote, de-velop and execute an event of this mag-nitude is significant. This amount of ef-fort should, instead, be applied toward the school- and classroom-level needs, where it would have a direct impact on the education of children.”

The rental of the venue, materials for attendees, and other expenses will be paid for through grants made to the Douglas County Educational Foundation specifically for the event, according to DCSD spokeswoman Paula Hans.

Hans did not respond when asked who had provided the funding, but said the grants will cover event-related expendi-tures.

School leaders said the Innovation Summit is not only a way to showcase the district’s work, but to exchange ideas with others who are undertaking major changes in the field of education.

“We know many districts across the country share our goals and are our

partners in the reinvention of Ameri-can education,” the site reads. “This is an opportunity for us to gather together and talk about the work we share, things that we’ve learned, things that we’ve done well and things that we can do better to-gether.”

DCSD’s website describes the summit as “the perfect place to light the spark of change at your school or district or con-tinue work that has already begun.”

Douglas County School Board presi-dent Kevin Larsen said the district fre-quently hosts curious guests from other districts, and the summit will be an op-portunity to exchange information with a broader audience.

“We get a lot of inquiries from outside educators to come visit that can become disruptive when peppered sporadically throughout the calendar,” he said. “Hold-ing this event in a concentrated few days allows this collaboration to be more effi-cient and productive.”

For more event information, visit www.dcsdk12.org/innovation-summit.

Director of troubled Denver VA hospital to retireReports of secret waiting list surfaceAssociated Press

The director of the veterans health care system for Denver and eastern Colo-rado is retiring, days after a report that a Veterans Affairs sleep clinic in Denver had a secret waiting list.

Lynette Roff is stepping down, a spokesman for the VA said Feb. 3. No oth-er details were immediately released.

Former VA employee Tommy Belinski obtained a paper waiting list — separate from the official computerized list — that

could have been used to hide lengthy waits for appointments at the sleep clin-ic, KUSA-TV in Denver reported. The list had more than 500 names on it, Belinski said.

The VA has said officials discovered an “unofficial list” in 2012 and abolished it. Dan Warvi, a spokesman for the VA in Denver, said in an email to The Associ-ated Press that no secret list exists.

Roff didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment made through a spokesman.

Investigators following up on whistle-blower complaints have discovered large-scale improprieties in the way hospitals and clinics around the country sched-uled veterans for appointments. Eight

months ago, an audit found that 1,600 new patients had to wait 90 days or lon-ger for appointments at eastern Colorado VA medical facilities. It wasn’t clear if the sleep clinic was included in the audit.

The Colorado facilities were included in a nationwide audit on a single day in May. All told, more than 57,000 patients faced delays of 90 days or longer. The review also indicated that 13 percent of schedulers reported being told by super-visors to falsify appointment schedules to make patient waits appear shorter.

In July, the VA announced it planned to fire two supervisors and discipline four others in Colorado and Wyoming af-ter they were accused of falsifying health care data.

A veterans hospital under construc-tion in Aurora has encountered massive cost overruns and delays, but it wasn’t clear if Roff had any role in planning or supervising the project.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., wel-comed Roff’s departure, saying veterans deserve better leadership.

“She did the right thing by leaving,” he said.

Coffman has asked the VA to investi-gate the Denver-based eastern Colorado system.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., de-scribed Roff’s departure as an opportu-nity and urged the VA to find a leader to push for better care for veterans.

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Judge uses kindness to get resultsBonnie McLean, of Parker, appointed by governor last fallBy Chris Michlewiczcmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Fairness, accountability and under-standing reign in Bonnie McLean’s court.

McLean, a Parker resident since 2001, was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in September to fill a seat left vacant by the retirement of 18th Judicial District Court Judge Vincent White. She began presiding over cases in mid-January.

People who find themselves on the wrong side of the law could only hope for their case to be handled by McLean. While some judges are notorious for making ex-amples out of offenders, McLean repre-sents the compassionate side of the bench. Her top priority is to affect positive change in the lives of those who appear before her, whether by traditional or inventive means.

Instead of seeing offenders as the next name on the docket, McLean becomes fully invested in their lives, and relishes the visits she gets from former defendants who thank her for putting them on a bet-ter track.

“I don’t care if I’m in the middle of a 50-person docket,” she says. “If a former juvenile (offender) wants to stop and say ‘hi,’ I’ll take a few minutes to chat with them.”

McLean worked as a clerk for a juvenile court judge while attending law school at

the University of Denver, and it solidified her desire to become an attorney, as well as her passion for helping kids. She went on to serve as a deputy district attorney in the 18th Judicial District, which covers Douglas, Arapahoe, Elbert and Lincoln counties, and was appointed as county court magistrate at age 32. For the last four years, McLean has been exposed to a range of different types of cases while serving as a district court magistrate.

The role enabled her to focus on “prob-lem-solving” courts, including specialized courts for drug offenders, defendants with mental health issues, and military veter-ans. The programs rely more on rehabilita-tion than incarceration.

“Traditional court intervention is not always that effective in these types of cases,” she said. “This is innovative and treatment-based and it adds an extra layer of accountability. We’re getting better re-sults.”

The programs are rooted in frequent court intervention and a series of incen-tives and sanctions that result in “intense behavior modification,” she says.

Theresa “Traci” Slade, an 18th Judicial District Court judge, said McLean lobbied

for and developed the specialty courts, which have since become a model for oth-er agencies to follow.

“She’s so patient with people, yet firm enough that she is able to convince people to make the change that they always knew they needed to make,” Slade said.

Because of the staff and space needed to accommodate proceedings in the James Holmes theater shooting trial, McLean has started out at the Douglas County Justice Center handling domestic relations cases from Arapahoe County. As a district court judge, she will invariably be assigned by 18th Judicial Chief District Judge Carlos Samour to different types of cases, which she believes will make her a more well-rounded judge.

Her gentle approach is a natural exten-sion of her inviting personality. McLean is aware of the public perception that judges are no-nonsense hardliners, “but that’s not who I am, and I’m not going to change who I am.”

“I do not want people to come into my courtroom and be intimidated because I don’t think that gives us the best result,” said McLean, who at 40 is younger than most district court judges. “I try to put the

litigants at ease so they feel free to open up.”

That was evidenced by a recent gradu-ation ceremony for participants in the Veterans Treatment Court. When everyone got down and gave 20, McLean was right there beside them doing push-ups in her robe.

McLean’s transition into her new po-sition as district court judge should be a smooth one because there are still a “lot of places to make that real human connec-tion,” Slade said.

“There are so many opportunities to make some significant changes in people’s lives and opportunities to change their course that you get to be involved in as a judge or a magistrate,” Slade said. “She’s perfect for this job.”

For someone who “never gave a whole lot of thought to being a judge,” McLean is an example of the type of forward-thinking adjudicator who is shaping the future of substantive resolution in an arena starving for such advances.

“You have to realize at the end of the day that these are people’s lives and the deci-sions you make affect these people’s lives,” she said. “You don’t take that lightly.”

McLean

‘I do not want people to come into my courtroom and be intimidated because I don’t think that gives us the best result’

Bonnie McLean,

18th Judicial District Court Judge

Douglas district reschedules summitpartners in the reinvention of Ameri-can education,” the site reads. “This is an opportunity for us to gather together and talk about the work we share, things that we’ve learned, things that we’ve done well and things that we can do better to-gether.”

DCSD’s website describes the summit as “the perfect place to light the spark of change at your school or district or con-tinue work that has already begun.”

Douglas County School Board presi-dent Kevin Larsen said the district fre-quently hosts curious guests from other districts, and the summit will be an op-portunity to exchange information with a broader audience.

“We get a lot of inquiries from outside educators to come visit that can become disruptive when peppered sporadically throughout the calendar,” he said. “Hold-ing this event in a concentrated few days allows this collaboration to be more effi-cient and productive.”

For more event information, visit www.dcsdk12.org/innovation-summit.

Director of troubled Denver VA hospital to retireA veterans hospital under construc-

tion in Aurora has encountered massive cost overruns and delays, but it wasn’t clear if Roff had any role in planning or supervising the project.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., wel-comed Roff’s departure, saying veterans deserve better leadership.

“She did the right thing by leaving,” he said.

Coffman has asked the VA to investi-gate the Denver-based eastern Colorado system.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., de-scribed Roff’s departure as an opportu-nity and urged the VA to find a leader to push for better care for veterans.

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Needing a ‘sorry’ may hold you back Sometimes when we hold out for an

apology we become trapped in the event or episode that caused a hurt in our lives instead of freeing ourselves from the burden of carrying it around with us forever.

We have all been hurt or disappointed at some point in our lives. And it has either been because of someone else, an event or situation, or something we have done to ourselves that brings on those feelings of hurt and maybe even anger.

As we approach Valentine’s Day we are reminded of love. We are encour-aged to remember those we love the most through cards, candy, flowers, gifts, romantic dinners and affection. And I think one of the very best ways we can demonstrate love is through forgiveness. Even though there is that old saying about love means that we never have to say we are sorry, I believe that love and forgiveness are the best way to overcome the need for an apology.

Does it feel good when someone apologizes? For some it feels really good, and for others it is an uncomfortable moment, maybe even awkward. The apology may serve to ease the tension and stress that have been building and escalating over time and open up the doors of communication again. Then again, the apology could create a weird kind of “now what?” moment, leaving both parties wondering, “Where do we

go from here?”If love means never having to say

you’re sorry, does that mean we just live our lives through the spirit of forgive-ness? Unconditional forgiveness for those who have hurt us, events that have occurred, and ultimately and most im-portantly for ourselves for the mistakes, missteps, and choices we have made could trump the need for any apology.

I don’t know about you, maybe you are someone who really needs to hear the apology, I know I used to be that way too. I used to use the words or phrases like, “I need an apology,” “I want an apol-ogy,” or “I expect an apology.” I am not sure what I was really looking to gain. I came to realize it was either one of two things; I either wanted to other person to show remorse and feel bad for what they had done, or I needed to feed my own ego by being the one who deserved and received the apology. Both were extreme-

ly unhealthy for me as I never felt good with either outcome, as a matter of fact, sometimes I even felt worse.

Freedom is birthed through forgive-ness as we learn to absolutely forgive others and ourselves at the very core of who we are. There is nothing that anyone can do to me or that I can do to myself where I will allow that situation to hold me hostage from my happiness. Does this mean I will forget the event or circumstance? Absolutely not, but forgiv-ing is very different than forgetting. By not forgetting I can learn from the experience and make decisions about my future where I can potentially avoid the same kind of hurt. And by forgiving, completely and unconditionally forgiv-ing, I am free to enjoy every other aspect of my life.

So for Valentine’s Day my hope is that you will all enjoy the flowers, candy, cards and romantic gestures and that your ultimate demonstration of love this year will be the spirit of true forgiveness.

How about you, are you enjoying the many benefits and freedom of forgive-ness? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we allow forgiveness to trump apologies, 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.

Something a little unsettling about applause Please hold your applause.On the final day of the term at my alma

mater, professors were applauded at the end of the lecture.

The enthusiasm in the applause, and the duration of it, were directly related to the appreciation the students wanted to express for the quality of the professor as an educator.

Sometimes there was polite applause and sometimes there were standing ova-tions.

One near-legendary philosophy pro-fessor invariably got a standing ovation. It went on and on.

Remembering that this morning made me wonder where applause, applauding and clapping come from. Why not some other expression of approval, like grunt-ing?

I can answer the first part, but not the second part, although I have a pretty good idea. Applause, generally, is a pleas-ant sound.

Grunting admirers may have worked after Moog brought down a pterodactyl. But it wouldn’t work after the Colorado Symphony performed Mozart.

Like so many things, it all began with ancient Romans. They had a “set ritual” of applause for public performances, which expressed “degrees of approval.” It included waving the flap of the toga, which sounds like Groucho, Chico and Harpo.

There are countless variations, and applauding can be accompanied, with foot stomping, for example.

Applause can precede, interrupt, or follow an appearance or performance — or all three.

Robin Williams would be introduced on Letterman, and the applause was loud and long.

Then he would say something unbe-lievably witty, and there would be more applause.

When his segment ended, there would be more of the same.

That wouldn’t go over so well in church. Or in a classical music concert. You’re supposed to wait until the end of the entire work.

But if you haven’t been to a classi-cal music concert before, you might not know that, and make a boob out of your-self.

Is applause ever annoying? Yes. It’s one of the reasons why I can’t watch the State of the Union address.

Someone always keeps score, and the number of times the President is inter-rupted with applause is in the papers the next day.

Half the time, the applause seems in-sincere. Perhaps because half of the audi-ence is playing for the other team.

Slow clapping can mean two things. The audience is displeased, for one, or in films, it can be a crescendo from slow

to furious, to signal a dramatic turning point (“Napoleon Dynamite”).

Can applause be derisive? Yes. Earlier this basketball season, my alma mater fell behind to Kentucky, 24-0, before finally scoring. I knew exactly what was coming.

Derisive applause.Some of us are applauded more than

others, and some perhaps never at all.I have been, and it always makes me a

little uncomfortable. For others, it would be uncomfortable if there were no ap-plause.

I took a few classes with dud profes-sors, and I almost cringed when the time came to give our approval rating.

The sound of one hand clapping.One of the most interesting after ef-

fects of sustained applause is the encore. I have been to concerts — Fleetwood Mac in Phoenix — that have had three or four encores.

You needed hand lotion afterwards.I can tell you right now that this col-

umn is not going to get a standing ova-tion. It’s informative, but there is very lit-tle amusement in it, or unusual insights.

But for once, there is no sarcasm, no facetiousness, no borderline nonsense.

However, I am not above pandering.Don’t we live in the greatest state in

the country? You bet we do. The purplish mountains and the sunny sunshine, not to mention the babbling Platte.

It really is heaven on earth.(Columnist exits to polite applause.)

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educa-tor and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@com-cast.net.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Life as a club swim parent

Eleven years. Eleven years as a parent of club swimmers. It comes to an end in August when my youngest daughter begins school at the University of Northern Colo-rado. She will swim there, and if all goes well, graduate in four years.

My oldest is at Colorado State, studying business and swimming.

What does the end of this 11 years mean? We no longer have to consult swim meet schedules to determine if we can schedule something.

No more rising at 5:30 on weekends to pack snacks; check equipment (goggles,

suits and Gatorade). No more sitting on uncomfortable benches for fi ve hours to watch your kid compete for approximately 10 minutes.

We have watched the girls endure all types of coaches — good, bad, nice, mean, personable, standoffi sh and banned. Some had more than one of the aforementioned traits.

We have seen countless tears, cheers, made cuts and missed cuts. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars over the years for suits, travel, club expenses and equip-ment.

The girls, what did they get? They

learned sportsmanship, time-management skills, fi tness and lifelong relationships. They trained harder than just about any other known sport.

They put in eight practices a week, including two a days requiring them to rise at 4:30 on school days.

Will we miss it? Are you kidding? I would do it all over in a splash.

My only regret is this chapter is coming to an end and not just beginning.

John SalanitroHighlands Ranch

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Colorado rejects right-to-die legislation House committee votes 8-5 against measure By Ivan Moreno Associated Press

Colorado lawmakers rejected a pro-posal to give dying patients the option to seek doctors’ help ending their lives, con-cluding a long day of emotional testimony from more than 100 people.

For one lawmaker who voted no Feb. 6, the issue was personal. Tearfully telling her colleagues she was a cancer survivor, Democratic Rep. Dianne Primavera re-called how a doctor told her she wouldn’t live more than fi ve years.

But she found a doctor who gave her a different opinion.

“And he took me in his care, and I am here today 28 years later,” she said.

Doctors who opposed the measure told lawmakers earlier that allowing dying patients to seek life-ending medications from a physician closed off the possibility of a recovery when a prognosis can some-times be wrong.

A House committee considering the bill voted 8-5 against it after dozens of people with serious illnesses and others who have seen relatives suffer packed the Colorado legislative hearing.

The vote comes as a handful of other states, including California and Pennsylva-nia, consider laws to allow the terminally ill get doctor-prescribed medication to die.

Five states allow patients to seek aid in dying: Oregon, Washington, Montana, Ver-mont and New Mexico.

“This bill represents a very personal freedom that for some is taken away in the fi nal stages of their illness,” said Demo-cratic Rep. Joann Ginal, one of the bill sponsors.

“Physicians give patients the best pos-sible care. But there comes a time when a physician is no longer able to heal.”

Religious organizations opposed the measure, saying it facilitated suicide. But supporters argued that terminally ill pa-tients should control when they die.

The story of Brittany Maynard last year spotlighted the debate over whether doc-tors should be able to prescribe life-end-ing medication to patients. Maynard, 29, moved from California to Oregon after be-ing diagnosed with terminal brain cancer so she could use that state’s law. She died Nov. 1.

Colorado’s bill was modeled after Or-egon’s. It would have required dying pa-tients to get two doctors to sign off on their oral and written requests to end their lives. The patients also would have needed to be found to be mentally competent and be able to administer the life-ending medica-tion themselves.

One of the opponents to the bill, Carrie Ann Lucas, spoke on behalf of Not Dead Yet, a New-York based disability rights group.

Lucas uses a wheelchair and ventilator because of a neuromuscular disease. She told lawmakers that she worries the pro-posal would make it easy for a disabled person who is depressed to get medication from a doctor. Without her ventilator, Lu-cas told lawmakers, she would have only hours to live. And, she said, if she were to get depressed, she thinks she could go to a doctor who doesn’t know her well to get the drugs.

“And they probably would give me that lethal prescription instead of referring me to mental-health treatment that I would so desperately need,” said Lucas, 43.

Boulder resident David Hibbard, 77, told lawmakers that as a hospice physi-cian for the past 15 years, he knows what to expect once his Parkinson’s disease and leukemia advance.

“I will be hunched over, either bed-bound or in a wheelchair,’’ he said, his hands shaking as he spoke.

He would be unable to talk and feed himself, Hibbard told lawmakers.

“I don’t want to endure this scenario, and I certainly don’t want to have my fam-ily, my wife and my three children, have to endure watching me go through this rapid deterioration,” he said.

Lawmakers hearing the bill raised con-cerns about whether there are enough safeguards to prevent abuse, such a family member advocating for life-ending medi-cations on behalf of a dying relative. Law-makers also wondered what would hap-pen if the medications are not used, and whether someone other than the patient could then take them.

Colorado Rep. Joann Ginal, right, D-Fort Collins, hugs Carol Stork of Delta, Colo., after her testimony about the death of her terminally-ill husband, Albert, on Jan. 2, during a Colorado legislative hearing on a bill proposal by Ginal that would give dying patients the option to seek help ending their lives Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Denver. Dozens of people with serious illnesses and others who have seen relatives su� er were on hand for the � rst public hearing on the measure, which would put Colorado among a handful of states currently considering laws to allow the terminally ill to get doctor-prescribed medication to die. Associated Press

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‘ T w i l i g h t o f t h e W W I I g e n e r a t i o n ’

Red Cross volunteers saving the fading memories

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Lt. Col. Ken Yaphe recently retired from the Air Force, and now he’s giving back to those who marched before him — and getting an earful in return.

“It’s an education, and I feel like I’m contributing,” he said.Yaphe is volunteering with Mile High Red Cross on the Li-

brary of Congress Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center, on a mission to “collect, preserve and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans

and better understand the realities of war,” according to the Red Cross website.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, approxi-mately 492 World War II veterans pass away every day in the United States, more than one death every three minutes.

“The sad fact is that we are at the twilight of the World War II generation, and within a few short years, their stories will be lost forever,” said Chuck Montera, a publicist for Holly Creek Retirement Community in Centennial.

That’s where Yaphe spent Jan. 27, visiting with some of the 50-plus World War II-era veterans who live there and record-ing their stories. The videos will live in perpetuity at the Li-brary of Congress, and will be given to the vets to share with

family and friends.To be included in the project or to volunteer, contact the

American Red Cross at 303-607-4785.Yaphe says that without fail, the veterans he’s interviewed

have been modest about their service, whether overseas in battle or on American soil, keeping the gears of war oiled.

“It’s tempting for the public to believe that the only experi-ence in war is in the infantry,” he said. “But this is giving ex-posure to the machine that supported the tip of the spear.”

Colorado Community Media spent some time with four of the Holly Creek veterans and what follows is a glimpse into their stories.

Playing with the dogs of war

Herbert Bowman, 86, joined the military on his 18th birthday on June 21, 1946.

His reason for joining was to get the edu-cation package as part of the GI Bill. A person received two months of schooling for each month of service, Bowman said.

“That was very attractive to me,” he said, and he later went on to earn a degree in nu-clear physics.

Bowman, a private in the Army Corps of Engineers, was sent to Los Alamos, N.M., a secret site where the atomic bomb was being designed and built.

Although Bowman had always been a “techy,” he said, his responsibility was to train war dogs, specifi cally, the K9 unit that provid-ed area security.

“It was a rather unique service,” Bowman said, and “it was about as good a duty you could ask for —playing with dogs for fi ve or six hours a day.”

There were different kinds of war dogs, which included messenger and casualty dogs. All were highly trained animals, but Bowman’s dog, King, a German shepherd, was a silent scout dog, he said, which were the highest trained and expected to perform equivalent to today’s police dogs.

After the war ended, Bowman got to sit in on lectures from the country’s greatest scien-tists, and ironically, went back to Los Alamos to work on nuclear weapons development.

— Christy Steadman

World War II-era veteran Herbert Bowman, 86, talks with Red Cross volunteer Ken Yaphe about his time serving in the Army Corps of Engineers as the two men meet at the Holly Creek Retirement Community on Jan. 27. Photo by Christy Steadman

Peeling his share of potatoes

Keith Burnham, 88, joined the service two days before his 18th birthday in De-cember 1944. He was deployed in June 1945 and ranked as a fi reman fi rst class in the Navy, assigned to the USS Burleson.

Aboard the ship, Burnham was as-signed to the boiler room with the job of regulating the amount of oil to the amount of air to make a smoke screen, he said.

“Everything was eight hours on, and eight hours off,” Burnham said.

And if the eight hours off fell during the daytime, there were other chores, such as cleaning, to be done.

“I did my fair share of peeling pota-toes.”

Most of the ship’s assignments came

two at a time, he said, and included two trips to retrieve discharged troops return-ing home.

Eventually, the USS Burleson was as-signed to take animals to nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. There were all sorts of ani-mals, Burnham said, and the ship became known as Noah’s Ark.

Burnham described his experience in the service as fortunate.

“The war was about over before I got into any real battles,” he said.

He added that he’s grateful he “got to join the Navy rather than being drafted in the Army.”

— Christy Steadman

World War II veteran Keith Burnham, 88, is interviewed as his wife, Rheta, 80, listens. On the table in front of Burnham are stacks of newspaper articles and documents that recount the time he spent in the service. Photo by Christy Steadman

Picking up the pieces

Seaman First Class Robert Stong spent most of his World War II service at Naval Station Norfolk in Virgina, picking up piec-es of planes that practicing pilots crashed.

“One time, I recall, the pilot was lying on the wing getting a suntan when we got there,” said the native of Layfayette, Ind. — “a little drinking town with a football problem,” as he calls it.

He never saw an injured pilot, as they were taken away before he and the team he led got to the crash site. Once there, they’d load the plane onto a trailer — whatever was left after the nearby farmers got enough aluminum to fi x their chicken

coops — and head on down the highway back to the base. One guy would have to stand on the plane’s tail to raise power and phone lines up high enough to pass un-derneath.

It didn’t always work, said Stong, and they’d joke that they were probably yank-ing people’s phones right out of their walls.

“It was a lot of fun,” he said.Today, Stong appreciates the discipline

he gained from serving in the military.“It does a lot of good for a lot of kids,”

he said.

— Jennifer Smith

Robert Stong retrieved crashed aircraft around Norfolk, Va., for most of his World War II tour of duty. Photo by Jennifer Smith

‘Y’ was his lucky letter

In 1944, Storekeeper First Class Paul Youngren missed being deployed with the USS Lexington by just a few letters.

“Luckily for me, they started with the be-ginning of the alphabet,” said Youngren.

Instead, he stayed at Pearl Harbor, over-seeing the Navy’s shopping center.

“I felt fortunate to be in a supporting role and not fi ghting,” he said.

Pearl Harbor was still a grim scene, he said, with damage from the Japanese attack still evident and the USS Arizona still in the harbor.

“They eventually had to give up trying to recover the bodies,” said Youngren. “They’re still entombed in the hull of the ship.”

Even though he missed serving on the

USS Lexington, it played a large role in his military career. It carried him from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, zigzagging all the way to avoid possible enemy submarines.

“I had no problem with being seasick,” he said. “That was not the case for every-body, though.”

Later, he helped decommission the air-craft carrier in a San Diego port. He was in charge of the storerooms, and collecting items that could be used elsewhere. It gave him the chance to watch pilots practice landing on the ship.

“This is quite a sight to see,” he said. “As a young kid, it was exciting.”

— Jennifer Smith

Paul Youngren, right, tells Red Cross volunteer Ken Yaphe his story about being in the Navy during World War II. The Red Cross will send the video to the Library of Congress to become a permanent part of history. Photo by Jennifer Smith

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Sunday, February 22, 2:00 p.m.

Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree CO 80214

To reserve by phone: 720-509-1000 or Online: lonetreeartscenter.org

$13 Adults/ $8 for 16 and under (includes LTAC handling fees)Parking is free in the LTAC parking lot.

World War II veteran Keith Burnham, 88, is interviewed as his wife, Rheta, 80, listens. On the table in front of Burnham are stacks of newspaper articles and documents that recount the time he spent in the service. Photo by Christy Steadman

Bang-up year reported by museum Many gi� s were received through successful 2014 By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com

As the Denver Art Museum begins a new year, it has issued a report on impor-tant acquisitions in the past year — most of them gifts.

• The largest gift ever given to the mu-seum leads the list. On Jan. 13, 2014, the announcement was made that Denver philanthropist Frederic C. Hamilton, the museum’s chairman emeritus for whom the new building is named, made a be-quest of 22 impressionist masterworks from his own collection. Included: Van Gogh’s “Edge of a Wheat Field with Pop-pies,” the fi rst Van Gogh in the collection. There are also four works by Monet, three paintings by Boudin — also a fi rst in the DAM collection — and one by Cezanne — another fi rst. Works by Manet, Moriset, Pissaro, Renoir, Sisley, Chase and Hassam are included.

• The Architecture, Design and Graph-ics Department acquired furniture by Brit-ish designer Faye Toogood — the fi rst mu-seum to acquire her work. It also was given fl oor tiles and fl atware by Gio Ponti, who designed the North Building.

• The Asian Art Department acquired three Japanese woodblock prints, includ-ing “Today’s Special” by Masami Teraoka. Curator Ronald Otsuka retired at the end of 2013 and this print was in his fi nal exhi-bition: “At the Mirror: Refl ections of Japan in 20th Century Prints.” Other Asian art-

works were acquired or given in his honor.• The Modern and Contemporary Art

Department received “A Beautiful Fall” by Joseph Stashkevetch and “White Rose” by Agnes Martin, which will be exhibited in May in “Showing Off: Recent Contempo-rary Acquisitions.”

• The Native Arts Department added to all three collecting areas: American In-dian, Africa and Oceania, including 25 kat-sina fi gures, four Micmac quilled boxes, 12 contemporary ceramic works and seven west African textiles.

• The New World Department received

gifts of Spanish Colonial art, including three feather mosaics and an enconchado painting, with inlaid mother of pearl.

• The Painting and Sculpture Depart-

ment acquired “Jared” from Daniel Sprick’s “Fiction: Recent Works.”

• The Petrie Institute of Western Ameri-can Art was given several paintings from the Taos School of Art and acquired addi-tional ones from the Peck collection.

• The Photography Department was given 10 photographs from Neil Winokur’s “Self Portrait” series in a style derived from his mentor, Andy Warhol.

• The Textile Department received a family heirloom “Princess Feather” quilt, Japanese embroidery and an American tapestry.

LEFT: Edge of a Wheat Field With Poppies” is the Denver Art Museum collection’s � rst painting by Vincent Van Gogh. ABOVE: This Princess Feather quilt is a new acquisition in the Denver Art Museum’s Textile Department.Courtesy photos

IF YOU GOThe Denver Art Museum is on 13th Avenue, between

Broadway and Bannock Street in Denver. It is open Tues-days through Sundays. See denverartmuseum.org or call 720-865-5000 for hours and admission information.

‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ staged at Legend Sta� report

Theater students at Legend High School, 22219 Hilltop Road, Parker, will present “Legally Blonde: The Musical” at 7 p.m. on

Feb. 19, 20, 26, 27 and 28 in the school theater.

Heather Hach’s theatrical adap-tation explores the life of blonde Elle Woods, president of UCLA’s Delta Nu sorority, as she embarks

on the study of law at Harvard Uni-versity. She has gone there in pur-suit of e-boyfriend Warner.

She makes new friends and re-alizes law school isn’t so diffi cult for a blond — in fact she does re-

ally well. K.J. Sheldon plays the lead role on a stage that depicts Harvard, UCLA, a salon and more.

The production is directed by Denina Brown, a part-time theater teacher at Legend, with scenery

designed by Ms. Bennie Palko, the school’s new technical director.

Tickets cost $8 adults/$5 stu-dents and are available at seaty-ourself.biz/legendtitans or at the door.

Buntport o� ers its take on Colorado history ‘Yesterado’ is treat for schoolchildren By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com

The always-imaginative Buntport The-ater members have an education division, as well as the basic playwriting/producing core members. Actors take fi ne-tuned productions about history, mythology and language out into the community for schoolchildren.

“Yesterado,” a Buntport take on Colorado history, will be presented at 10 a.m. Feb. 23 to 26 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Buntport writers combed through pulp newspapers from the 1890s for interesting characters and gossipy tales.

Charming Jack “Father of Colorado The-ater” Langrishe and tightrope walker Mari-etta Ravel, performers who destroy con man Soapy Smith’s scam, usher children through their unique version of Colorado History.

Margaret “Molly” Brown had a rocky trip from the Colorado mines into Denver’s social scene, where she was snubbed by the “sacred 36” and campaigned for women’s rights.

Denver cyclist Dora Roberts, who set na-tional bicycling records in the 1890s, fueled a controversy over whether women should wear pants.

Two Longmont folks had a front page face-off over who had rights to do what in the new state of Colorado.

Westward migration, different cultures and a start-up government will be addressed in this 55-minute production, suitable for grades K-6.

For ticket information, call 720-509-1000 or visit lonetreeartscenter.org.

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IDITARODContinues at CU South Denver

formerly The Wildlife Experience

cusouthdenver.org | 720-488-334410035 Peoria St. Parker, CO 80134

Near Park Meadows mall, one mile east of I-25 along Lincoln Ave.

Saturday, March 7 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.$6 - $10 (museum admission included in ticket purchase)

Scurry on over to the Liniger Building at CU South Denver for this racy wildlife experience!

• Watch the start of the race on our 53-foot big screen • Meet live dogs• Photo opportunity with real wolves • New this year - drone flight demonstrations (weather permitting)• Dog-themed crafts and activities

� eater back on track with show about Ivins Richard Pegg of Highlands Ranch has

restarted his Everyman Theatre Company, which began with productions in the Annex Theatre in Littleton in 2001. He has partnered with actor Rhonda Brown to bring “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins” back to Denver audiences. First presented in 2012 by LIDA Project, the one-woman show by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel about the legendary journalist sold out productions in Denver, Aurora and Boulder. Pegg and Brown, as R and R Productions, will produce it from Feb. 12 to March 15 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, and will travel to Des Moines and Ames in Iowa for the AMOS (A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy) 2015 fundrais-er in April. Pegg says they have had requests from southern Colorado venues. Tickets for the Aurora Fox production are available at aurorafox.org, 303-739-1970.

Call for photographersCurtis Arts and Humanities Center

will present its annual photography show, “Greenwood and Beyond” from April 18 to May 8. Categories: The Past: Traditional Pro-cess and The Present: Digital, the Future—anything new. Entry forms are available from director Jo Cole at 2349 E. Orchard Road, jcole@GreenwoodVillage.com. Juror Jim Sidinger is a black-and-white interpretive landscape photographer. He will speak on April 23 about past, present and future tech-niques. 303-797-1779.

Student exhibitionArapahoe Community College will host

the Interior Design and Architecture Student Exhibition from Feb. 16 to March 11 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, in the Annex at ACC, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fri-days, 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Admission is free and open to the public.

Colorado Wind Ensemble“An Evening of Embraces” is the title for

the next Colorado Wind Ensemble concert, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at Littleton United Method-ist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Guest conductor is Dr. Alan Mills from CSU-Pueblo. Tickets: $15/$12/$5: coloradowindensemble.org.

Remembering RooseveltStoryteller Susan Marie Frontczak pres-

ents “What We are Fighting For: Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II” at 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. She played a very public role advocating for women’s rights, labor issues, civil rights and more. Free to members, $2 suggested for

non-members. Light refreshments at 6:30 p.m. Calendars from Historic Douglas County will be available at $5. Register: Highland-sRanchHistoricalSociety.org.

Kristen Iversen at ACCAuthor Kristin Iversen will read, speak and

sell and sign copies of her award-winning book, “Full Body Burden,” about growing up in the shadow of Rocky Flats, on Feb. 25 in Arapahoe Community College’s Waring Theatre. Reception at 6:30 p.m.; open forum and book signing at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Information: Kathryn.winograd@arapahoe.edu, 303-797-5815.

Bicycle expoThe Colorado Custom and Vintage Bicycle

Expo will be at Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave, service road between I-70 and Indiana Street, Golden, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 15. Vintage racing, touring and mountain bikes and displays by custom bike builders from throughout the Rocky Moun-tain region. Some rare machines will be on sale. Admission: $8/$15 families. Informa-tion: MikeCone@comcast.net, 303-284-9721.

Ballet intensiveDenver Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive

will be June 8 to July 3. Auditions: 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 21 or March 21 at DBT Academy, 99 Inverness Drive East #250A, in the Inverness area east of Interstate 25 off Dry Creek Road. Audition fee: $20. 303-799-6609, denverbal-lettheatreacademy.com.

Rhonda Brown plays Molly Ivins in “Red Hot Patriot: the Kick–Ass Wit of Molly Ivins” at the Aurora fox — a reprise of the sold-out2012 production. Courtesy photo

CURTAIN TIME 2011 Tony winner

“Next to Normal” with music by Tom Kitt and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey plays Feb. 13 to March 15 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Directed by Nick Sugar, with Donna Debreceni as music director, featuring Margie Lamb and Daniel Langhoff. Performances:

7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, plus 2 p.m. Feb. 28 and 6:30 p.m. March 8. Tickets: $23-$42, 303-794-2787, ext. 5, or TownHallArtsCenter.org.

Big bunny“Harvey,” by Denver’s

Mary Chase, inspired by her Irish heritage, has charmed audiences since 1944. It

appears through Feb. 22 at Arvada Center’s Black Box Theater, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednes-days; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Directed by Gavin Mayer. Tickets: 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

Wyeth family drama

“Other Desert Cities” by Jon Robin Baitz plays through March 1 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Directed by Bernie Cardell. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, Feb. 28. Tickets: $28/$24 advance. 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com.

Colorado tale“Benediction” plays Feb.

6 to March 1 at the Den-ver Center Theatre’s Space Theatre, continuing the story of life in the Colorado town of Holt. Performances: 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednes-days, Thursdays; 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets: denvercenter.org.

Spring thing“Enchanted April,”

perhaps an antidote for midwinter blahs, plays Feb. 21 to March 21, presented by Spotlight Theatre at John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; 2 p.m. March 21. Tickets: thisisspotlight.com.

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Town Hall exhibits four artists’ work Littleton show is good � t with theme of play By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com

With the musical “Next to Normal,” about a family struggling to stay focused, running on stage, “The Art of Focus” would seem an appropriate title for a related art show.

The exhibit runs through March 25 at the Stanton Gallery in Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center. Artists Jean Caggiano, Ugljesa Jan-jic, Sherry Sherman and Jam Wong exhibit their work at Town Hall, with a public meet-the-artists reception planned for Feb. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Caggiano, a Colorado resident for more than 25 years, worked with color and com-position as a graphic artist and has studied painting and color theory at the Art Stu-dents League of Denver. She has exhibited in ASL’s annual Summer Art Market for the past fi ve years, as well in juried and invi-tational shows at Republic Plaza in down-town Denver, Lone Tree Arts Center, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center and Madden Museum in Greenwood Village, and Chil-dren’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.

Her oil paintings “capture the humble beauty of the vegetable,” she writes. “I’ll of-ten go to the produce section searching for the next subject to paint … quite often the subject chooses me.” She blurs the distinc-tion between realism and abstraction. Her titles illustrate a sense of humor: “Beets Me” or “Kindred Spears.”

Janjic’s story begins with his birth in Bel-grade, Serbia in 1958 and his arrival in the U.S. to attend the University of Washing-ton’s architectural program in Seattle. “At that time, watercolor was the preferred me-dium for architectural illustration because of its rapid application and effi ciency.”

He writes that he has “meandered through many jobs — from urban planning to graphic design, architecture and interior design — and through three continents and multiple cultures …”

A constant has been a wish to express his creativity in watercolor painting, which has taken him past architectural renderings to urban and pastoral scenes, including the Rocky Mountain West.

He writes of the precise timing needed for watercolor and how that suits his per-sonality.

Since 2001, he has lived in the Front Range of Colorado, in Gunbarrel, between Boulder and Longmont. He belongs to the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Amer-ican Institute of Architects.

Pastel painter Sherman started drawing at age 2, imitating her mother — and con-tinued to draw and paint through school and college years (Oberlin, Stanford, Har-vard.)

She then embarked on a career in law, with drawing “confi ned to ballpoint pen drawings on legal pads” until the new millennium arrived and she realized she

needed more art in her life.“Pastels suit me for their immediacy, vi-

brancy of color and the direct experience of application they provide. With pastels, colors are mixed visually on the paper itself, allowing textural interest and nuances that intrigue me …” She seeks to tell a story, ex-pressing family memories and travels.

She has studied at Art Students League, Loveland Academy of Fine Arts and with fa-vorite artists Doug Dawson, Albert Handel, Desmond O’Hagen, Boris Shoshensky and Johannes Vloothuis. She has exhibited in the Mile High Pastel Show, All Colorado Arts Show, Cheyenne Artists Guild National Art Show and Heritage Fine Arts Guild’s “This is Colorado.”

Wong, artist and architect, was born in China and had an early education in Chi-nese calligraphy, which he said “contributes to his ease with the brush and his artistic expression.” He practiced architecture in

Denver for 40 years and now devotes his time to the fi ne arts, participating in juried shows.

Painting is a continual learning process, he writes. “He likes to explore the interplay of light, color shape, value, mood and com-position through the human form, still life or landscape.”

His most recent award was from ju-ror Sandy Carson in last fall’s Curtis Arts and Humanities Center’s “All Colorado Art Show.”

LEFT: Janjic-Watercolor of a western landscape by Uglifesa Janjic Is in the Art in Focus exhibit at Town Hall in Littleton. ABOVE: Touching the Sky by Sherry Sherman is in the Art in Focus show at Town Hall. Courtesy photos

IF YOU GO“The Art of Focus” will be exhibited at Town Hall Arts

Center’s Stanton Gallery, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton, through March 25. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and during performances. (“Next to Nor-mal” opens Feb. 13.) 303-794-2787.

Spring thing“Enchanted April,”

perhaps an antidote for midwinter blahs, plays Feb. 21 to March 21, presented by Spotlight Theatre at John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; 2 p.m. March 21. Tickets: thisisspotlight.com.

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Metro Creative Connection

Many men and women struggle to find time to exercise. If hectic schedules domi-nated by professional and personal commit-ments have made it difficult to make exercise part of your daily routine, you might want to consider skipping the snooze button so you can work out in the early morning hours.

Early morning workouts have their ups and downs. Glucose levels in the body tend to be low in the morning, when many people wake up with a relatively empty stomach. Low blood glucose levels can cause feelings of nausea and weakness and possibly make you feel faint. In addition, since you likely aren’t moving much while you’re asleep, your joints and muscles are likely less mobile early in the morning than they are in the evening, which can make morning workouts difficult and, if you don’t allow yourself more time to warm up, put your body at greater risk of injury. But morning workouts also can energize you throughout the day, and many people find it easier to consistently exercise in the early mornings than at night, when distractions or long days at the office can affect your motiva-tion to workout.

Early morning exercise routines can be dif- ficult to

adjust to, but there are some ways to make the adjustment to such regimens go more smoothly.

• Make sleep a priority. Prioritizing sleep makes it easier to get out of bed in the morn-ing, when you will face the daily temptation to hit the snooze button and roll over. But if you aren’t sleep deprived, you will find it easier to skip the snooze phase of your morning routine and get right out of bed. Skip the late night talk shows and call it a night earlier, making sure you get between seven and eight hours of sleep each night. Once you establish a new sleep schedule, you will find it easier and easier to get up and hit the gym in the morning.

• Designate more time to warm up. Early morning workout routines require athletes to warm up more than they would when exercis-ing at other times of the day. As previously noted, your body is perhaps at its least mobile right when you get out of bed, so set aside more time to warm up when you workout in the mornings. Five to 10 minutes of light cardiovascular exercise before you begin your workout can be enough to increase your body temperature and loosen your body up so it’s ready for exercise.

• Don’t go it alone. The buddy system is effective for many people regardless of when they exercise, but it can be

especially ben-eficial

for men and women who want to start work-ing out in the morning. If someone is waiting for you at the gym or if your significant other is up and ready to go, you’re far less likely to skip a morning workout than you would be if you are going it alone.

• Eat at your own discretion. Some people simply cannot eat before a workout, while others find working out on an empty stomach makes them faint and weak. The problem many people who work out in the early morn-ing encounter with regard to eating before their workouts is they simply don’t have the time to eat and afford their body enough time to turn that meal or snack into fuel that will benefit their workout. A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology found that eating a meal 45 minutes before a moderate-intensity workout enhances exercise capabil-ity. But morning exercise enthusiasts typically find they do not have that spare 45 minutes to wait around while their bodies absorb a meal. Eating healthy before exercise, and giving your body adequate time to absorb that meal, can definitely fuel your workout. But if that 45 minutes ultimately compromises your ability to workout, you may want to have a glass of orange juice or a drink that contains carbo-hydrates so your body has some fuel as you exercise.

Many adults find that mornings are the only times they can consistently exercise. Ad-justing to such a routine can be difficult, but there are some ways to make that adjustment

easier.

Morning workouts can work for you

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SALOME’S STARSFOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 9, 2015

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Your natural Arian leader-ship qualities make you the person others will follow in tackling that important project. But don’t get so involved in the work that you neglect your personal life.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Aspects favor sorting through your possessions, both at work and at home, to start giving away what you don’t use, don’t need or don’t like. Relax later with someone special.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) The issues are not quite as clear as they should be. That’s why you need to avoid getting involved in disputes between colleagues at work or between relatives or personal friends.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) You’ll get lots of support from others if you own up to your mistake quickly and include a full and honest explanation. Learn from this experience so that you don’t repeat it.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) There might be some early confusion over a major move, whether it’s at work or at home. But once you get a full breakdown of what it entails, it should be easier to deal with. Good luck.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Creating order out of chaos, even in the most untidy spaces, should be no problem for organized Virgos. So go ahead and do it, and then accept praise from impressed colleagues.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Whether it’s for business purposes or just for leisure, a trip might be just what you need right now. You would benefit both from a change of scenery and from meeting new people.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) While things generally go well this week, a romantic situation seems to have stalled. But you can restart it if you want to. Then again, maybe this is a chance to reassess the situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) A meeting that was promised quite a while back could finally happen. So be sure you’re prepared with everything you’ll need to make your case sound convincing and doable.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) A workplace blun-der could create a problem down the line unless you deal with it right now to see how and why it happened. Don’t be surprised at what you might learn.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) This is a good time to re-sort your priorities and see if adjustments are called for. Be honest with yourself as you decide what to keep, what to discard and what to change.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Letting yourself be bathed in the outpouring of love and support from those who care for you will help you get through a difficult period sooner rather than later. Good luck.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have an uncanny gift for reaching out to all people and creating bridges of un-derstanding among them.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

Boys basketballElizabeth 78, Weld Central 48 - Jake

Gavitt, a 6-foot-4 senior, exploded for 34 points, hitting 10 of 14 field goals, including five 3-pointers, to spark the Jan. 27 4A Colorado 7 League win. Aaron Stone contributed 18 points in the vic-tory and Evan Visocky had 12 points.

Elizabeth 66, Alameda 41 — Jake Gavitt and Aaron Stone each scored 30 points in a Jan. 30 5A Colorado 7 League game. The Cardinals improved to 6-2,

9-7.Simla 69, Kiowa 38 — The Indians’

31-point loss in the Jan. 31 Black For-est League loss left Kiowa with 1-6, 2-11 records.

Ellicott 64, Kiowa 41 — Mitchell Bates scored 19 points for the Indians in a Jan. 30 Black Forest League defeat.

Girls basketballWeld Central 48, Elizabeth 45 — The

Cardinals were knocked out of a first

place tie in Colorado 7 League after their Jan. 27 loss in the game between the league leaders. Oliva Whitworth’s 10 points were high for Elizabeth.

Elizabeth 68, Alameda 49 — Kaylyn Radtke had 19 points to lead four double figure scores in the Cardinals’ (7-1, 8-7) Colorado 7 League victory on Jan. 30. The other players in double figures were Jordan Speicher with 12 and Alyssa Acos-ta and Olivia Whitworth with 10 each.

Ellicott 53, Kiowa 37 — After a strong

first half the Indians (2-4, 6-6) were out-scored 18-7 in the third quarter which prevented any hopes of a win.

SigningsElizabeth High School saw two

athletes sign letters of intent last week. Emily Luke, a volleyball player, signed with Northeastern Junior College. Stuart Eurich, a baseball player, signed with Western Nebraska.

THINGS TO DOEDITOR’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.

EventsVALENTINE’S DAY Luncheon

DOUGLAS COUNT Y Young Marines plan a Valentine’s Day Luncheon. Seating times are 11:15 a.m., noon and 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Lutheran High School, 11249 Newlin Gulch Blvd., Parker. Seating is limited; make reservations at http://tinyurl.com/dcymvlunch. Italian meal includes spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread, dessert and beverages, all served by Young Marines. Gluten-free menu also available, upon request. Door prizes and silent auction in a family-friendly festive Valentine’s Day atmosphere. Proceeds benefit the Douglas County Young Marines 2015 Pearl Harbor Unit Trip. Contact plo@dcyoung-marines.com or go to www.dcyoungmarines.com.

DNA IN Family Research

PARKER GENEALOGICAL Society meets from 1:30-3:30 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at the Stroh Road Fire Station, 19310 E. Stroh Road, Parker. The group meets Saturday, Feb. 14, and will discuss “Am I a Coltrin or a Coltrane” discussing the use of DNA in family research. Presentation is free and all are welcome.

PHOTO BAROQUE Chamber, Wonder-

bound Perform

MARIE WITH Wonderbound and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado will perform at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 14, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets, go to www.ParkerArts.org or call the PACE Center Box Office at 303-805-6800.

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS Workshop

FAMILY MEMBERS, friends and caregivers caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other form of dementia are invited to attend a free workshop from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital. Topics will include preparing oneself for the caregiving journey, empowering your daily caregiving with practical strategies, understanding the legal documents families need in place and choosing the right care options for your loved one. Lunch will be provided but seating is limited. To RSVP call Hope Freeman at 719-422-9320.

DINE AROUND Elbert County

VISIT PARTICIPATING restaurants through Sat-urday, Feb. 14, to help raise money for the Pines & Plains Library Foundation, formerly the Elbert County Library Foundation. Participating restaurants are Buzzards Pizza, Charlie’s Hot Dogs, Falcon Lounge, Formaggi’s, Spring Valley Golf Club, The Teaspoon, Wing Nuttz, and Grumpy’s, in Elizabeth; Kiowa Pizza, Patty Ann’s Café and Canyon Grill, in Kiowa; and Hi Test Elbert Gas Station, in Elbert.

SHROVE TUESDAY Pancake Supper

BOY SCOUTS Troop 16 presents the Shrove Tuesday all-you-can-eat pancake supper from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 Pine Drive, Parker. The Scouts will serve pancakes (gluten-free available), sausage and hash browns. Cost is $5. Tickets can be purchased from any Scout, at the church Sunday, Feb. 15, or at the door. Proceeds benefit the activities of Troop 16.

OPEN HOUSE with the Principal

ALL ELIZABETH schools will have an open house with the principal at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17. These are opportunities to learn about our schools for out of district families and families new to Elizabeth.

HIGH SCHOOL Theater Show

DOUGLAS COUNT Y High School presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 19-21 and Feb. 26-28, with special matinee performances at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 28. At 1 p.m. before the matinees, the theater students will host a princess tea party. Tickets are available at www.SeatYourSelf.biz/dchs. The classic, magical musical is great for all ages.

LENTEN FISH Fry

THE KNIGHTS of Columbus will have a fish fry from 4:30-7:30 p.m. every Friday in Lent, starting Friday, Feb. 20, in Brownstein Hall at Ave Maria Catholic Church

in Parker. Fried fish, baked fish, nuggets, cole slaw, fried or baked potato, mac and chees, and dinner rolls are avail-able. Iced tea, lemonade and coffee are free. Cost is $10 for ages 12 and older, $5 for ages 5-12, and free for children younger than 5. A family rate of $29 is offered. Homemade desserts are available. Take out and drive through are also available by calling 303-522-5602.

BATTLE OF the Bands

THE SECOND High Plains Battle of the Bands is Satur-day, Feb. 21, at the Elbert County Fairgrounds, 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the performance starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $5; children younger than 10 admit-ted free. Go to http://peakperformancegroup.co/hpbob.

FREE LEGAL Clinic

A FREE legal clinic for parties who have no attorney is open from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St., Elizabeth. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain processes and procedures for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Help offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Clinics are offered the second Tuesday of each month; future clinics are offered April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, Aug. 11, Sept. 8, Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8.

“You’re part of a legal team,” she said, but a background in law is not required. Advocates deal with the case worker, social services and legal people, but also manage all of the child’s relationships — extended family, foster families and biological par-ents.

Finding fun, new interestsChildren that advocates work with range

in age from newborns to about 18 years old, Bryant said. Youths 13-21 going through the emancipation process also have CASA resources available through the Legacy Project.

“The most rewarding part is seeing the strength in the kids,” despite what they’ve been through, Gedeon said. “It’s heart-warming to see their positive attitude.”

The organization protects the volun-teers’ safety, Bryant said, and has strict guidelines — such as not bringing a child

into the volunteer’s home — that advocates need to adhere to. But, for the most part, the advocates are permitted to spend time with the child doing whatever the child wants to do, she said.

“Just taking them out and making them feel a little bit special,” Edy said.

CASA organizes holiday parties, and sometimes gets admission vouchers to places like the zoo, or tickets to sports games, Edy said.

It’s good to get to know the individual interests of the child and let those develop, Edy said, but it is also a great opportunity

to expose the child to new things or provide them with a special learning experience.

Advocates are permitted to buy little things for the child, Edy said. A child who moves to a number of different foster homes in a short period of time may not have a lot of possessions, she said. Even something as simple as a coloring book gives them one thing to call their very own, she said.

In need of volunteersCASA is a nationwide nonprofit orga-

nization that began in Seattle in 1977. The programs are independent of each other, and in Colorado, programs are organized to serve judicial districts. The 18th Judicial District encompasses Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

“Abuse and neglect of a child ranks among the worst acts most of us can imag-ine,” Whelan said. “CASA shows the true backbone of a community by doing tre-mendous good during a child’s most diffi-cult times.”

CASA strives to provide each child in need with an advocate, Kunz said, but there are more cases than volunteers.

Bryant wrote “One Child at a Time: The Mission of a Court Appointed Special Advo-cate” with the hope that the book will lead others to volunteer for CASA, she said.

In the book, she tells the story of a 3-year-old girl she championed, plus shares the experiences of other CASA volunteers, guardians ad litem, caseworkers and super-visors. The book answers a lot of questions potential CASAs may have, Bryant said, and is also used as a training tool for new vol-unteers.

CASA needs anybody who has ever thought about a way they could make a dif-ference in a child’s life, Bryant said.

“Just like every child differs from each other,” Bryant said, “we need every kind of person. The organization trains you for this work — you just need two strong arms and a loving heart.”

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• donated 22,515 hours of volunteer time.

• served a total of 805 children. Of those, 752 children were served through the CASA program, and 53 were served through the Legacy program.

• 318 CASA volunteers who worked on 423 cases.

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MORE ON THE BOOKAll proceeds from “One Child at a Time: The Mission of a Court Appointed Special Advocate,” written by Yolanda Bryant, goes to the local CASA program, which serves the 18th Judicial District.

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professionalism to the libraries in our district and has, in turn, motivated the staff to develop their skills and programs,” the board said in the state-ment.

May, who also wrote a twice-monthly column for the Elbert Coun-ty News about books and the library, is not sure what she will do next, but is keeping her options open. Any new position will likely involve a move out of state.

“I love what I do at the library,” May said, “so I’m looking to build on the skills I developed here.”

Following May’s departure, Tim Miller, director and manager of the Simla Library, will step in as part-time director. The board has tasked Miller to focus on “creating a stable and opti-mistic financial future for the district.”

The Pines and Plains Library Dis-trict is an independent taxing district that oversees libraries in, Elbert, Eliza-beth, Kiowa and Simla.

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Court Appointed Special Advocates are the voice of a child going through the foster home system. Pictured are CASA volunteers with their copy of “One Child at a Time: The Mission of a Court Appointed Special Advocate,” authored by Yolanda Bryant. Front row, from left, is Beth Ann Morrow, Peggy Rudden, Shondra Ray and Andrea Tagtow. Second row, from left is John Fuller, Anita Zimmerman, Megan Khala�, Yolanda Bryant, Stacey Sanders, Josiane Edy, Kristin Kunz and Emily Fish. Courtesy photo

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Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

15CW3000, Jennifer Eason, Gene andPamela Eliassen, Phillip and DeannaGibson, John and Tosha Gull, RobertRiter, Amanda and Darren Schmitz, andDouglas Wi l l iams and V ic tor iaLawrence Williams c/o 7781 Shenan-doah Drive, Elizabeth, CO 80107(James J. Petrock, Petrock & Fendel,700 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO80202), APPLICATION FOR UNDER-GROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NOTNONTRIBUTARY DENVER AND NON-TRIBUTARY ARAPAHOE, AND LARAM-IE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS, ELBERTCOUNTY, 12.4 acres being Lots 12A,39A, 49A, 52A, 53A, 54A, and 55A, Filing3, Sun Country Meadows, generally loc-ated in in parts of the SE1/4 of Section 23and the NE1/4 of Section 26, T6S, R64Wof the 6th P.M., as shown on AttachmentB (Subject Property). The location of thelots satisfy the requirements of Local Rule3(b)(1) as shown Attachment C. Applic-ants will own a pro-rata interest in the totalamount of groundwater requested hereinunderlying their respective lots. Estim-ated Amounts: Denver: 6.5 acre-feet; Ar-apahoe: 5.7 acre-feet; Laramie-Fox Hills:2.7 acre-feet. The Denver aquifer ground-water underlying each lot will not includeamounts associated with existing exemptwells as described on Attachment Ahereto for each lot, or pursuant to the wa-ter supply approval for the subdivision.Use: domestic, commercial, irrigation,stockwatering, fire protection, and aug-mentation purposes, both on and off theSubject Property. Applicants request thatthis Court determine that Applicants havethe right to withdraw all of the legally avail-able groundwater lying below the SubjectProperty, through wells or additional wellswhich may be completed in the future aswell fields, including in combination withthe same type of groundwater underlyingother lots in the subdivision which may bedecreed in separate cases, if Rule 11.B, 2CCR 402-7 is satisfied. Further, Applicantprays that this Court grant the applicationand for such other relief as seems properin the premises. (8 pages).

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23142First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

15CW3000, Jennifer Eason, Gene andPamela Eliassen, Phillip and DeannaGibson, John and Tosha Gull, RobertRiter, Amanda and Darren Schmitz, andDouglas Wi l l iams and V ic tor iaLawrence Williams c/o 7781 Shenan-doah Drive, Elizabeth, CO 80107(James J. Petrock, Petrock & Fendel,700 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO80202), APPLICATION FOR UNDER-GROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NOTNONTRIBUTARY DENVER AND NON-TRIBUTARY ARAPAHOE, AND LARAM-IE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS, ELBERTCOUNTY, 12.4 acres being Lots 12A,39A, 49A, 52A, 53A, 54A, and 55A, Filing3, Sun Country Meadows, generally loc-ated in in parts of the SE1/4 of Section 23and the NE1/4 of Section 26, T6S, R64Wof the 6th P.M., as shown on AttachmentB (Subject Property). The location of thelots satisfy the requirements of Local Rule3(b)(1) as shown Attachment C. Applic-ants will own a pro-rata interest in the totalamount of groundwater requested hereinunderlying their respective lots. Estim-ated Amounts: Denver: 6.5 acre-feet; Ar-apahoe: 5.7 acre-feet; Laramie-Fox Hills:2.7 acre-feet. The Denver aquifer ground-water underlying each lot will not includeamounts associated with existing exemptwells as described on Attachment Ahereto for each lot, or pursuant to the wa-ter supply approval for the subdivision.Use: domestic, commercial, irrigation,stockwatering, fire protection, and aug-mentation purposes, both on and off theSubject Property. Applicants request thatthis Court determine that Applicants havethe right to withdraw all of the legally avail-able groundwater lying below the SubjectProperty, through wells or additional wellswhich may be completed in the future aswell fields, including in combination withthe same type of groundwater underlyingother lots in the subdivision which may bedecreed in separate cases, if Rule 11.B, 2CCR 402-7 is satisfied. Further, Applicantprays that this Court grant the applicationand for such other relief as seems properin the premises. (8 pages).

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23142First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATERRESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

15CW3005, Prairie Ridge Development,LLC, 7167 S. Alton Way, Centennial, CO80112 (James Petrock, Petrock &Fendel, 700 17th Street, #1800, Denver,CO 80202 ) , APPL ICATION FORCHANGE OF WATER RIGHT, ELBERTCOUNTY. Decree information for whichc h a n g e i s s o u g h t : C a s e N o .2013CW3123, decreed on April 17, 2014,District Court, Water Division 1. The prop-erty which is the subject of the decree isapproximately 160 acres located in theW1/2SW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, and theNW1/4SE1/4 of Section 23, T7S, R65W ofthe 6th P.M. as shown on Attachment A(Subject Property). Proposed change: Inthe original decree, an augmentation planwas approved for the use of up to 26 indi-vidual wells in the not nontributary UpperDawson aquifer for the withdrawal of 0.65acre-feet per year for 300 years for in-house use, irrigation, and use in a waterfeature. The decree also approved thewithdrawal of an additional 1.6 acre-feetper year for 300 years of not nontributaryUpper Dawson aquifer groundwater forstockwatering use. However, the decreedid not specifically approve use of thestockwatering water through the individu-al on lot wells. Applicant requests that theaugmentation plan for use of up to 14 ofthe 26 Upper Dawson aquifer wells beamended to allow stockwatering use in theannual amount of 0.05 acre-feet for 300years. Said stockwatering use will be with-drawn in addition to the 0.65 acre-feet peryear for 300 years which was previouslyapproved for a total withdrawal of 0.7acre-feet per year for 300 years. Actualdepletion at 300 years of pumping is15.8% of the annual amount withdrawn or0.11 acre-feet for each well. Return flowfrom inhouse use and irrigation for eachlot is estimated to be 0.38 acre-feet peryear which is sufficient to replace the actu-al depletion associated with each of the 14wells while the wells are being pumped.Depletion occurs to the Running Creekstream system. No other provisions of theoriginal decree will be changed. Further,Applicant prays that this Court grant theapplication and for such other relief asseems proper in the premises. (3 pages).

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23143First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATERRESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

15CW3005, Prairie Ridge Development,LLC, 7167 S. Alton Way, Centennial, CO80112 (James Petrock, Petrock &Fendel, 700 17th Street, #1800, Denver,CO 80202 ) , APPL ICATION FORCHANGE OF WATER RIGHT, ELBERTCOUNTY. Decree information for whichc h a n g e i s s o u g h t : C a s e N o .2013CW3123, decreed on April 17, 2014,District Court, Water Division 1. The prop-erty which is the subject of the decree isapproximately 160 acres located in theW1/2SW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, and theNW1/4SE1/4 of Section 23, T7S, R65W ofthe 6th P.M. as shown on Attachment A(Subject Property). Proposed change: Inthe original decree, an augmentation planwas approved for the use of up to 26 indi-vidual wells in the not nontributary UpperDawson aquifer for the withdrawal of 0.65acre-feet per year for 300 years for in-house use, irrigation, and use in a waterfeature. The decree also approved thewithdrawal of an additional 1.6 acre-feetper year for 300 years of not nontributaryUpper Dawson aquifer groundwater forstockwatering use. However, the decreedid not specifically approve use of thestockwatering water through the individu-al on lot wells. Applicant requests that theaugmentation plan for use of up to 14 ofthe 26 Upper Dawson aquifer wells beamended to allow stockwatering use in theannual amount of 0.05 acre-feet for 300years. Said stockwatering use will be with-drawn in addition to the 0.65 acre-feet peryear for 300 years which was previouslyapproved for a total withdrawal of 0.7acre-feet per year for 300 years. Actualdepletion at 300 years of pumping is15.8% of the annual amount withdrawn or0.11 acre-feet for each well. Return flowfrom inhouse use and irrigation for eachlot is estimated to be 0.38 acre-feet peryear which is sufficient to replace the actu-al depletion associated with each of the 14wells while the wells are being pumped.Depletion occurs to the Running Creekstream system. No other provisions of theoriginal decree will be changed. Further,Applicant prays that this Court grant theapplication and for such other relief asseems proper in the premises. (3 pages).

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23143First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

13CW3183, United Water and Sanita-tion District, acting by and through theUnited Water Acquisition Enterprise(“United” or the “Applicant”), c/oRobert Lembke, 8301 East PrenticeAve., #100, Greenwood Village, Color-ado 80111, (303) 775-1005. FIRSTAMENDED APPLICATION CASE NO.13CW3183 FOR A CONDITIONAL STOR-AGE RIGHT, CONDITIONAL RIGHT OFDIVERSION TO RECHARGE, INCLU-SION AS A SOURCE OF WATER FORTHE AUGMENTATION PLAN DECREEDIN CASE NO. 88CW264(B), AND PLANFOR AUGMENTATION, IN ADAMS, AR-APAHOE, DENVER, DOUGLAS, EL-B E R T , M O R G A N A N D W E L DCOUNTIES. Please send all pleadingsand correspondence to: Tod J. Smith,Esq., LAW OFFICE OF TOD J. SMITH,LLC, 1007 Pearl Street, Suite 220,Boulder, Colorado 80302, (Attorney forApplicant). The application has beenamended as follows: Paragraph 3.2.1claiming a point of diversion in the SE1/4of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 4North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. inWeld County Colorado has been with-drawn from the application. Paragraph3.2.1.2, identifying the point of diversion ofthe Haren Pipeline has been amended asfollows: SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 8,Township 4 North, Range 66 West of the6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado, or apoint upstream of that location but down-stream of the Union ditch headgate. Amap showing the location of the HarenPipeline amended point of diversion is at-tached to this First Amended Applicationas Revised Exhibit 4. A Plan for Aug-mentation has been added as paragraph4 as follows: 4. Plan for Augmentation.4.1. General Description. United seeks ap-proval of a plan for augmentation to re-place the out-of-priority depletions result-ing from the pumping of wells in theUnited Diversion Facility No. 6, describedabove and in the original application inparagraph 2.2.1, when those depletionsare legally required in the South PlatteRiver to prevent injury to senior waterrights at or below the 70 Ranch. Unitedwill replace those out-of-priority deple-tions in time, location, and amount fromthe sources of substitute supply listed be-low. 4.2. Structures to Be Augmented. Awell field identified as the United Diver-sion Facility No. 6, located as describedabove and in the original application inparagraph 2.2.1. 4.3. Sources of Substi-tute Supply. 4.3.1. The 70 Ranch StorageRights claimed in the original Applicationin this case. 4.3.2. Water that accretes tothe South Platte River which was divertedat the Haren Pipeline and recharged in theHaren Pond as claimed in the original Ap-plication in this case. 4.3.3. Water storedin Gilcrest Reservoir pursuant to the Ap-plication filed and decree entered in CaseNo. 13CW3180. 4.3.4. Water that ac-cretes to the South Platte River which wasdiverted into recharge ponds located onthe 70 Ranch pursuant to a future applica-tion and decree. 4.3.5. Sources of re-placement water of limited duration, andadditional and alternative sources of re-placement water if such sources are de-creed or lawfully available for such use orare part of a substitute water supply planapproved pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-308,or an interruptible water supply agree-ment approved pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-309. 4.4. Surface Storage Structures.United may store water attributable to thewater rights listed above in paragraph 4.3in the following surface storage structuresfor subsequent delivery to the South PlatteRiver as a source of substitute supply:4.4.1. 70 Ranch Reservoir describedabove and in the original Application inparagraph 2.1.1. 4.4.2. Gilcrest Reservoirwill be a lined off-channel reservoir loc-ated within a part of Section 2, Township 3North, Range 67 West and Sections 23,26, 34, and 35, Township 4 North, Range67 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County,Colorado. Gilcrest Reservoir will consistof a series of lined gravel pit cells. Unitedf i led an app l ica t ion in Case No.13CW3180 claiming a conditional right ofstorage in Gilcrest Reservoir. 4.4.3. UnitedReservoir No. 3 is an off-channel reser-voir located in the E1/2 of Section 26 andthe N1/2 of Section 35, Township 1 South,Range 67 West of the 6th P.M. in AdamsCounty, Colorado. 4.5. Augmentation Re-quirements. The replacement water to off-set out-of-priority depletions for pumpingwells in the United Diversion Facility No. 6will be owed to the South Platte River inthe vicinity of the 70 Ranch. 4.6. LaggedWell Depletions. Pumping at the UnitedDiversion Facility No. 6 will be meteredand recorded on a daily basis and sum-marized on a monthly basis. URFs will becalculated to determine the lagged deplet-ive effects of the pumping. Former para-graph 4, which is now paragraph 5, hasbeen revised to delete the followinglandowner: Eaton Cattle Company, 21421Highway 60, Plattevi l le, CO 80651(Dorothy Thomas Phelps). (First AmendedApplication 8 pages, 1 exhibit page)

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23144First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

13CW3183, United Water and Sanita-tion District, acting by and through theUnited Water Acquisition Enterprise(“United” or the “Applicant”), c/oRobert Lembke, 8301 East PrenticeAve., #100, Greenwood Village, Color-ado 80111, (303) 775-1005. FIRSTAMENDED APPLICATION CASE NO.13CW3183 FOR A CONDITIONAL STOR-AGE RIGHT, CONDITIONAL RIGHT OFDIVERSION TO RECHARGE, INCLU-SION AS A SOURCE OF WATER FORTHE AUGMENTATION PLAN DECREEDIN CASE NO. 88CW264(B), AND PLANFOR AUGMENTATION, IN ADAMS, AR-APAHOE, DENVER, DOUGLAS, EL-B E R T , M O R G A N A N D W E L DCOUNTIES. Please send all pleadingsand correspondence to: Tod J. Smith,Esq., LAW OFFICE OF TOD J. SMITH,LLC, 1007 Pearl Street, Suite 220,Boulder, Colorado 80302, (Attorney forApplicant). The application has beenamended as follows: Paragraph 3.2.1claiming a point of diversion in the SE1/4of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 4North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. inWeld County Colorado has been with-drawn from the application. Paragraph3.2.1.2, identifying the point of diversion ofthe Haren Pipeline has been amended asfollows: SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 8,Township 4 North, Range 66 West of the6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado, or apoint upstream of that location but down-stream of the Union ditch headgate. Amap showing the location of the HarenPipeline amended point of diversion is at-tached to this First Amended Applicationas Revised Exhibit 4. A Plan for Aug-mentation has been added as paragraph4 as follows: 4. Plan for Augmentation.4.1. General Description. United seeks ap-proval of a plan for augmentation to re-place the out-of-priority depletions result-ing from the pumping of wells in theUnited Diversion Facility No. 6, describedabove and in the original application inparagraph 2.2.1, when those depletionsare legally required in the South PlatteRiver to prevent injury to senior waterrights at or below the 70 Ranch. Unitedwill replace those out-of-priority deple-tions in time, location, and amount fromthe sources of substitute supply listed be-low. 4.2. Structures to Be Augmented. Awell field identified as the United Diver-sion Facility No. 6, located as describedabove and in the original application inparagraph 2.2.1. 4.3. Sources of Substi-tute Supply. 4.3.1. The 70 Ranch StorageRights claimed in the original Applicationin this case. 4.3.2. Water that accretes tothe South Platte River which was divertedat the Haren Pipeline and recharged in theHaren Pond as claimed in the original Ap-plication in this case. 4.3.3. Water storedin Gilcrest Reservoir pursuant to the Ap-plication filed and decree entered in CaseNo. 13CW3180. 4.3.4. Water that ac-cretes to the South Platte River which wasdiverted into recharge ponds located onthe 70 Ranch pursuant to a future applica-tion and decree. 4.3.5. Sources of re-placement water of limited duration, andadditional and alternative sources of re-placement water if such sources are de-creed or lawfully available for such use orare part of a substitute water supply planapproved pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-308,or an interruptible water supply agree-ment approved pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-309. 4.4. Surface Storage Structures.United may store water attributable to thewater rights listed above in paragraph 4.3in the following surface storage structuresfor subsequent delivery to the South PlatteRiver as a source of substitute supply:4.4.1. 70 Ranch Reservoir describedabove and in the original Application inparagraph 2.1.1. 4.4.2. Gilcrest Reservoirwill be a lined off-channel reservoir loc-ated within a part of Section 2, Township 3North, Range 67 West and Sections 23,26, 34, and 35, Township 4 North, Range67 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County,Colorado. Gilcrest Reservoir will consistof a series of lined gravel pit cells. Unitedf i led an app l ica t ion in Case No.13CW3180 claiming a conditional right ofstorage in Gilcrest Reservoir. 4.4.3. UnitedReservoir No. 3 is an off-channel reser-voir located in the E1/2 of Section 26 andthe N1/2 of Section 35, Township 1 South,Range 67 West of the 6th P.M. in AdamsCounty, Colorado. 4.5. Augmentation Re-quirements. The replacement water to off-set out-of-priority depletions for pumpingwells in the United Diversion Facility No. 6will be owed to the South Platte River inthe vicinity of the 70 Ranch. 4.6. LaggedWell Depletions. Pumping at the UnitedDiversion Facility No. 6 will be meteredand recorded on a daily basis and sum-marized on a monthly basis. URFs will becalculated to determine the lagged deplet-ive effects of the pumping. Former para-graph 4, which is now paragraph 5, hasbeen revised to delete the followinglandowner: Eaton Cattle Company, 21421Highway 60, Plattevi l le, CO 80651(Dorothy Thomas Phelps). (First AmendedApplication 8 pages, 1 exhibit page)

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23144First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JANUARY 2015 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

13CW3183, United Water and Sanita-tion District, acting by and through theUnited Water Acquisition Enterprise(“United” or the “Applicant”), c/oRobert Lembke, 8301 East PrenticeAve., #100, Greenwood Village, Color-ado 80111, (303) 775-1005. FIRSTAMENDED APPLICATION CASE NO.13CW3183 FOR A CONDITIONAL STOR-AGE RIGHT, CONDITIONAL RIGHT OFDIVERSION TO RECHARGE, INCLU-SION AS A SOURCE OF WATER FORTHE AUGMENTATION PLAN DECREEDIN CASE NO. 88CW264(B), AND PLANFOR AUGMENTATION, IN ADAMS, AR-APAHOE, DENVER, DOUGLAS, EL-B E R T , M O R G A N A N D W E L DCOUNTIES. Please send all pleadingsand correspondence to: Tod J. Smith,Esq., LAW OFFICE OF TOD J. SMITH,LLC, 1007 Pearl Street, Suite 220,Boulder, Colorado 80302, (Attorney forApplicant). The application has beenamended as follows: Paragraph 3.2.1claiming a point of diversion in the SE1/4of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 4North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. inWeld County Colorado has been with-drawn from the application. Paragraph3.2.1.2, identifying the point of diversion ofthe Haren Pipeline has been amended asfollows: SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 8,Township 4 North, Range 66 West of the6th P.M. in Weld County, Colorado, or apoint upstream of that location but down-stream of the Union ditch headgate. Amap showing the location of the HarenPipeline amended point of diversion is at-tached to this First Amended Applicationas Revised Exhibit 4. A Plan for Aug-mentation has been added as paragraph4 as follows: 4. Plan for Augmentation.4.1. General Description. United seeks ap-proval of a plan for augmentation to re-place the out-of-priority depletions result-ing from the pumping of wells in theUnited Diversion Facility No. 6, describedabove and in the original application inparagraph 2.2.1, when those depletionsare legally required in the South PlatteRiver to prevent injury to senior waterrights at or below the 70 Ranch. Unitedwill replace those out-of-priority deple-tions in time, location, and amount fromthe sources of substitute supply listed be-low. 4.2. Structures to Be Augmented. Awell field identified as the United Diver-sion Facility No. 6, located as describedabove and in the original application inparagraph 2.2.1. 4.3. Sources of Substi-tute Supply. 4.3.1. The 70 Ranch StorageRights claimed in the original Applicationin this case. 4.3.2. Water that accretes tothe South Platte River which was divertedat the Haren Pipeline and recharged in theHaren Pond as claimed in the original Ap-plication in this case. 4.3.3. Water storedin Gilcrest Reservoir pursuant to the Ap-plication filed and decree entered in CaseNo. 13CW3180. 4.3.4. Water that ac-cretes to the South Platte River which wasdiverted into recharge ponds located onthe 70 Ranch pursuant to a future applica-tion and decree. 4.3.5. Sources of re-placement water of limited duration, andadditional and alternative sources of re-placement water if such sources are de-creed or lawfully available for such use orare part of a substitute water supply planapproved pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-308,or an interruptible water supply agree-ment approved pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-309. 4.4. Surface Storage Structures.United may store water attributable to thewater rights listed above in paragraph 4.3in the following surface storage structuresfor subsequent delivery to the South PlatteRiver as a source of substitute supply:4.4.1. 70 Ranch Reservoir describedabove and in the original Application inparagraph 2.1.1. 4.4.2. Gilcrest Reservoirwill be a lined off-channel reservoir loc-ated within a part of Section 2, Township 3North, Range 67 West and Sections 23,26, 34, and 35, Township 4 North, Range67 West of the 6th P.M. in Weld County,Colorado. Gilcrest Reservoir will consistof a series of lined gravel pit cells. Unitedf i led an app l ica t ion in Case No.13CW3180 claiming a conditional right ofstorage in Gilcrest Reservoir. 4.4.3. UnitedReservoir No. 3 is an off-channel reser-voir located in the E1/2 of Section 26 andthe N1/2 of Section 35, Township 1 South,Range 67 West of the 6th P.M. in AdamsCounty, Colorado. 4.5. Augmentation Re-quirements. The replacement water to off-set out-of-priority depletions for pumpingwells in the United Diversion Facility No. 6will be owed to the South Platte River inthe vicinity of the 70 Ranch. 4.6. LaggedWell Depletions. Pumping at the UnitedDiversion Facility No. 6 will be meteredand recorded on a daily basis and sum-marized on a monthly basis. URFs will becalculated to determine the lagged deplet-ive effects of the pumping. Former para-graph 4, which is now paragraph 5, hasbeen revised to delete the followinglandowner: Eaton Cattle Company, 21421Highway 60, Plattevi l le, CO 80651(Dorothy Thomas Phelps). (First AmendedApplication 8 pages, 1 exhibit page)

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23144First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE

Elbert County District C-2– Kiowa Schools

Notice of Intent to DestroySpecial Education Records

Special Education records for studentswho have not received services in ElbertCounty District C-2, Kiowa Schools, forfive or more years are scheduled to bedestroyed May 2015. In order to maintainconfidentiality, these records will be shred-ded. If you believe you or your child mayhave such records and wish to claim themplease contact the school district at 303-867-8431 for middle and high schools and303-867-8466 for elementary. The dead-line for claiming records is May 14th,2015.

Legal Notice No.: 23139First Publication: February 5, 2015Last Publication: February 19, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Government Legals

PUBLIC NOTICE

Elbert County District C-2– Kiowa Schools

Notice of Intent to DestroySpecial Education Records

Special Education records for studentswho have not received services in ElbertCounty District C-2, Kiowa Schools, forfive or more years are scheduled to bedestroyed May 2015. In order to maintainconfidentiality, these records will be shred-ded. If you believe you or your child mayhave such records and wish to claim themplease contact the school district at 303-867-8431 for middle and high schools and303-867-8466 for elementary. The dead-line for claiming records is May 14th,2015.

Legal Notice No.: 23139First Publication: February 5, 2015Last Publication: February 19, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADOJANUARY 2015 WATER RESUME

PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTEDIN WATER APPLICATIONS

IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of JANUARY2015 for each County affected.

15CW3 WANZA C. AND REGGIE L.FONTANELLI, 43545 Stampede Ct.,Elizabeth, CO 80107. 303-646-9042. AP-PLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WA-TER RIGHTS IN THE DENVER BASINAQUIFERS UNDERLYING APPLICANT’SPROPERTY IN ELBERT COUNTY. Ap-plicant seeks to adjudicate the well, per-mit 177561, and to adjudicate the non trib-utary and not nontributary Denver Basingroundwater underlying a 4 acre tract ofland lying in the SE1/4, NE1/4, S26, T6S,R64W of the 6th PM, including theDawson, Denver, Arapahoe and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECTIN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofMARCH 2015 ( forms avai lable onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No.: 23141First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Marvin Dean Brasch,

aka Marvin D. Brasch,aka Marvin Brasch, DeceasedCase Number: 2015 PR 30002

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to pres-ent them to the Personal Representative or to the Combined Court of Elbert County County, Colorado on or before June 12, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

J. Kevin Hyatt

Personal Representative2581 Westview CourtProsper, Texas 75078

Legal Notice No: 23145First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 26, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

Public Notice

Position/Title 2014 YTD Salaries4-H Department Specialist $37,327.68 Administration-Title Clerk $43,524.00 Administrative Assistant $39,023.92 Administrative Staff $43,622.16 Administrative Staff $11,296.50 AP Supervisor $52,967.84 Appraiser $40,004.64 Appraiser $40,004.64 Assessor $49,700.04 Assistant Foreman $38,666.60 Assistant Lead Foreman $43,684.23 Assistant Lead Foreman $43,260.00 Blade Operator $43,767.36 Blade Operator $39,112.09 Blade Operator $43,921.88 Blade Operator $36,416.50 Blade Operator $32,485.97 Blade Operator $45,239.45 Blade Operator $38,935.18 Blade Operator $39,122.39 Blade Operator $35,431.32 Blade Operator $37,692.36 Blade Operator $35,998.88 Blade Operator $39,736.72

Blade Operator $42,542.28 Blade Operator $8,499.99 Blade Operator $34,834.02 Blade Operator $44,205.00 Blade Operator $28,673.32 Blade Operator $37,964.16 Blade Operator $35,439.24 Blade Operator $45,426.62 Caseworker $46,124.00 Caseworker $45,903.00 Caseworker $23,625.00 Caseworker $46,124.00 Caseworker $44,953.78 Chaplain $2,500.00 Chief Appraiser $43,758.00 Chief Deputy Treasurer $48,999.96 Child Support Specialist $38,488.32 Child Welfare Supervisor $32,305.00 Child Welfare Supervisor $53,002.16 Clerk And Recorder $49,700.04 Clerk to BOCC $36,393.00 Commissioner; District #1 $49,700.04 Commissioner; District #2 $49,700.04 Commissioner; District #3 $49,700.04 Construction $35,291.75

Construction $46,815.67 Cook $13,370.00 Coroner $22,100.04 County Attorney $65,416.65 County Manager/Public Works Supervisor $103,666.64 Deputy Building Official $44,235.36 Deputy Clerk/ Recording Manager $37,086.00 Deputy Coroner $20,000.04 Deputy Treasurer $39,999.96 Deputy Treasurer/Motor Vehicle Clerk $35,000.04 Detentions Administrative Staff $32,856.25 Detentions Corporal $46,985.16 Detentions Corporal $43,999.92 Detentions Deputy $19,999.98 Detentions Deputy $44,688.00 Detentions Deputy $52,799.16 Detentions Deputy $20,141.50 Detentions Deputy $23,333.31 Detentions Lieutenant $61,980.24 Detentions Sergeant $48,527.27 Detentions Sergeant $52,500.00 Detentions Specialist $30,000.00 DHHS Director $79,999.92

Director of Emergency Management $54,166.64 Director, CDS $78,224.83 Director, IT $75,000.00 Elections Manager $28,080.00 Environment Health Specialist $45,077.76 Executive Assistant $51,500.04 Executive Assistant to the Sheriff $47,000.04 Fairgrounds Events Coordinator $40,296.00 Finance Coordinator $51,125.34 Finance Manager $49,786.08 GIS Specialist $41,745.60 Income Maintenance Tech $37,814.40 Income Maintenance Tech $37,814.40 Income Maintenance Tech $38,614.40 Income Maintenance Tech $40,214.40 Investigations Sergeant $53,199.96 Investigations/Patrol Lieutenant $61,980.00 Investigator $44,688.00 Investigator $12,541.69 Investigator/Professional Standards $50,000.04 Lead Foreman $51,984.58 Lead Foreman $52,285.86 Lead Mechanic $48,014.46 Lead Mechanic $41,731.73

Maintenance $44,928.00 Mechanic $34,882.11 Mechanic $35,295.20 Motor Vehicle Clerk $3,015.84 Motor Vehicle Clerk $14,742.00 Motor Vehicle Clerk $30,153.84 Office Manager $42,999.96 Office Manager $37,889.28 Operations Administrator $42,900.00 Patrol Corporal $48,000.00 Patrol Corporal $46,496.46 Patrol Deputy $44,688.00 Patrol Deputy $39,487.81 Patrol Deputy $11,000.01 Patrol Deputy $44,000.04 Patrol Deputy $44,000.04 Patrol Deputy $44,688.00 Patrol Deputy $39,999.96 Patrol Deputy $19,999.98 Patrol Lieutenant $61,680.00 Patrol Staff Sergeant $53,499.96 Planner II, Flood Plains Manager $40,000.00 Public Trustee $12,500.00 Receptionist $22,464.00 Senior Planner $48,783.00

Sheriff $66,600.00 Sign Installer $38,306.04 Sign Installer $38,242.93 Surveyor $2,199.96 Traffic Deputy $44,000.04 Traffic Deputy $44,688.00 Traffic Deputy $44,688.00 Traffic Lieutenant $52,500.00 Traffic Sergeant $52,500.00 Treasurer $49,700.04 Truck Driver $35,091.72 Truck Driver $39,808.54 Truck Driver $34,339.92 Truck Driver $35,439.24 Truck Driver $33,999.96 Truck Driver $34,998.83 Truck Driver $44,023.80 Undersheriff $62,346.68 Victim Assistance Coordinator $46,500.00 Victim Assistant $38,499.96

Legal Notice No.: 23146First Publication: February 12, 2015Last Publication: February 12, 2015Publisher: The Elbert County News

The Below stated positions as well as monies received may include but are not limited to overtime, vacation, payout, etc.

Public NoticePaymeNts for PublicatioN JaNuary 2015

fuNd 010 GeNeral fuNd 373,453.40 fuNd 015 health fuNd 4,165.13 fuNd 020 Public works fuNd 416,471.46 fuNd 025 sales aNd use tax fuNd 1,885.00 fuNd 040 lea fuNd 80,785.98 fuNd 050 humaN services fuNd 24,665.33 fuNd 095 boNd service fuNd 715.00

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4 RIVERS EQUIP EQUIPMENT PARTS 231.50 A-1 CHIPSEAL CO. OPERATING EXPENSE 6,648.73 ADVANCED QUALITY AUTO REPAIR 102.24 AFLAC AFLAC PREMIUMS 2,163.54 AGATE MUTUAL MONTHLY UTILITIES 25.87 AGATE WATER ASSC. MONTHLY UTILITIES 509.40 AIRGAS INTMTN OPERATING EXPENSE 808.40 AL SERRA AUTO REPAIR 5.07 ALL ACCESS BUILDING REPAIR 863.76 ASIMAKIS D LATRIDIS OPERATING EXPENSE 500.00 ASSC. OF CO CTY ADMIN DUES 125.00 AUTO GLASS GUYS AUTO REPAIR 300.00 BIG O TIRES EQUIPMENT REPAIR 25.75 BLACK HILLS ENERGY MONTHLY UTILITIES 4,858.94 BLUE STAR POLICE SPLY UNIFORMS 220.93 BORAL AGGREGATES OPERATING EXPENSE 65,195.65 Caterpillar Financial SVCS OPERATING EXPENSE 6,300.64 CDW GOVERNMENT OPERATING EXPENSE 1,507.88 CENTURYLINK MONTHLY UTILITIES 5,361.27 CERTIFIED LABS SAFETY SUPPLIES 127.10 ChemTox OPERATING EXPENSE 410.00 CO ASPHALT PAVEMENT DUES 225.00 CBI OPERATING EXPENSE 118.50 CO CORONERS ASSN DUES 600.00 CO COUNTIES FOUNDATION DUES 15,000.00 CO COUNTIES CAPP 2015 CAPP 188,775.00 CO CTY CLERKS ASSOC DUES 700.00 CO DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATING EXPENSE 1,377.00 CO DEPT OF HEALTH & ENVMT OFFICE SUPPLIES 209.11 COMCAST MONTHLY UTILITIES 730.74

COMMUNITY MEDIA ADVERTISING 101.50 CONEJOS CTY TREASURER DUES 400.00 CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE OPERATING EXPENSE 11,490.58 CTY HEALTH POOL INSURANCE PAYMENT 93,320.18 CTY SHERIFF’S OF CO OPERATING EXPENSE 500.00 CTY WORKERS COMP POOL 2015 WORKERS COMP 169,881.00 CREDIT UNION OF CO OERATING EXPENSE 2,614.27 CROWN TROPHY SIGNS OPERATING EXPENSE 132.33 D-J PETROLEUM . FUEL 25,693.43 DALLA SCHROEDER REIMBURSEMENT 60.50 DEEP ROCK MONTHLY UTILITIES 130.43 DIRECT MAIL SVCS OPERATING EXPENSE 5,830.00 DOUGLAS CTY TREASURER DISPATCH SVCS 62,785.59 DUFFORD WALDECK MILBURN PROFESSIONAL SVCS 28.50 EAST CENTRAL COUNCIL GOV DUES 4,500.00 EASTERN DIS. CTY CLERKS DUES 100.00 EIDE BAILLY OPERATING EXPENSE 7,750.00 EL PASO CTY AUTOPSIES 10,800.00 Elbert CTY DHHS VITAL STATISTICS 46.00 ELBERT CTY R&B FUEL REIMBURSEMENT 9,938.29 ELBERT CTY TRSR OPERATING EXPENSE 8,237.20 ELIZABETH CHAIN SAW EQUIPMENT REPAIR 483.50 ELIZABETH FIRE DEPT. OPERATING EXPENSE 150.00 ESRI SOFTWARE 6,400.00 EVERYTHING OFFICE COURTHOUSE FLOOD 3,263.75 FAIR POINT COMM. MONTHLY UTILITIES 246.19 FASTENAL CO AUTO REPAIR 59.24 FERTIG-MARCH . AUTO REPAIR 101.15 FRONTIER BUSINESS PROD COPIER EXPENSE 2,172.50 FRONTIER COMM COPIER EXPENSE 995.96 G&K SVCS OPERATING EXPENSE 354.43 GLASER GAS CO FUEL 891.18 GRAINGER OPERATING EXPENSE 509.28 GREENLEAF WASTE MONTHLY UTILITIES 265.00 GREENLEE’S PRO AUTO EQUIPMENT REPAIR 772.09 GROUND ENGINEERING OPERATING EXPENSE 1,885.00 HAREST KENNEL OPERATING EXPENSE 252.00 HENSLEY BATTERY OPERATING EXPENSE 518.21 HONNEN EQUIP CO OPERATING EXPENSE 2,400.00 INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MONTHLY UTILITIES 378.96 IREA MONTHLY UTILITIES 8,305.19

INTERSTATE BATTERY OPERATING EXPENSE 52.24 J&A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS OPERATING EXPENSE 1,304.00 J&S CONTRACTORS SPLY CO OPERATING EXPENSE 683.72 JOHN BUTLER REIMBURSEMENT 215.88 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL OPERATING EXPENSE 427.98 KELLOG CONSTRUCTION OPERATING EXPENSE 973.00 KIMBERLY MEIS REIMBURSEMENT 328.00 KIOWA CONSERV DIST OPERATING EXPENSE 1,890.00 KIOWA STORAGE OPERATING EXPENSE 145.00 TOWN OF KIOWA MONTHLY UTILITIES 3,943.83 KOIS BROTHERS EQUIP CO OPERATING EXPENSE 118.44 LEGAL SHIELD PREPAID LEGAL 540.05 WESTERN TRUCK PARTS EQUIPMENT PARTS 4,367.67 LYLE SIGN NM 7165 OPERATING EXPENSE 2,045.00 MARINI DIESEL EQUIPMENT PARTS 111.95 MARK LEACHMAN OPERATING EXPENSE 15.00 MARK SMITH REIMBURSEMENT (45.00)MARY LOUISE JACOBSON REIMBURSEMENT 319.71 McAfee OPERATING EXPENSE 363.78 MCCANDLES INTL TRUCKS EQUIPMENT PARTS 4,573.02 MEDVED CO AUTO REPAIR 456.89 MHC KENWORTH OPERATING EXPENSE 2,382.46 MINES & ASSOCIATES PC OPERATING EXPENSE 569.64 MOBILE RECORD SHRED OPERATING EXPENSE 289.59 MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC MONTHLY UTILITIES 560.35 NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS MONTHLY UTILITIES 2,593.78 PARKER PORT-A-POTTY . MONTHLY UTILITIES 482.00 ARNOLD & ASSOCIATES PROFESSIONAL SVCS 2,160.00 PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY COURTHOUSE FLOOD 21,175.00 Pioneer S & CO OPERATING EXPENSE 3,243.01 PITNEY BOWES GLOBAL POSTAGE 1,001.58 POSTMASTER GENERAL POSTAGE 220.00 POWER MOTIVE OPERATING EXPENSE 12,833.07 POYSTI & ADAMS FINANCIAL 19,485.01 PRONGHORN COUNTRY ACE EQUIPMENT REPAIR 21.96 PUREWATER DYNAMICS EQUIPMENT LEASE 50.00 QUILL ORATION OFFICE SUPPLIES 422.93 RE CO OPERATING EXPENSE 418.00 RENEE FENCING OPERATING EXPENSE 195.00 RHONDA L. BRAUN OPERATING EXPENSE 10.79 PORTA POT RENTAL MONTHLY UTILITIES 195.00

ROCKY MTN SPRING & SUS. AUTO REPAIR 861.75 ROD WILSON CONTRACT SVCS 100.00 RUNNING CREEK AUTO MAINTENANCE 209.54 RUSS CALDWELL AUTO REPAIR 53.19 SAFE GUARD OFFICE SUPPLIES 25.00 SERVICE MASTER COURTHOUSE FLOOD 6,915.11 SKIATH SEMINARS TRAINING 1,345.00 SOUTHL & MEDICAL OPERATING EXPENSE 392.83 SPRINT MONTHLY UTILITIES 96.22 STACY THOMAS OPERATING EXPENSE 40.00 STAPLES ADVANTAGE OFFICE SUPPLIES 562.79 STATE WIRE & TERMINAL AUTO REPAIR 116.78 STEPHANI TURNER OPERATING EXPENSE 102.00 STERICYCLE WASTE REMOVEAL 152.51 STONE OIL CO FUEL 22,892.70 SUTTER & GILLHAM P OPERATING EXPENSE 27.00 SYSCO FOOD SVCS PRISIONER MEALS 6,345.46 TALX UC EXPRESS PROFESSIONAL SVCS 576.03 DANNY PAUL ARDREY ESTATE OPERATING EXPENSE 600.00 THE HARTFORD HARTFORD BENEFITS 1,284.69 TLO OPERATING EXPENSE 220.00 TODD PEDERSON CONTRACT SERVICE 800.00 TOWN OF SIMLA MONTHLY UTILITIES 120.30 TRACKER SOFTWARE OPERATING EXPENSE 2,056.00 TRI CTY HEALTH DEPT CONTRACT SVCS 758.55 TRUE VALUE HARDWARE BUILDING REPAIR 429.95 TYLER TECHNOLOGIES OPERATING EXPENSE 8,081.00 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE POSTAGE 74.00 US BANK BOND PAY AGENT FEE 715.00 VERIZON WIRELESS MONTHLY UTILITIES 935.05 Vern’s TV & Radio OPERATING EXPENSE 29.99 WAGNER EQUIP CO EQUIPMENT PARTS 2,646.67 WASTE MANAGEMENT MONTHLY UTILITIES 792.27 XEROX COPIER EXPENSE 1,811.04 Y TIME OPERATING EXPENSE 63.10

legal Notice No.: 23147first Publication: february 12, 2015last Publication: february 12, 2015Publisher: elbert county News

Elbert County

Notice to Creditors

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Every day, the governmentmakes decisions thatcan affect your life. Whether they are decisions onzoning, taxes, new businesses or myriad otherissues, governments play a big role in your life.Governments have relied on newspapers like

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