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October 31, 2013 A Colorado Community Media Publication

Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 42

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County prepares for votes to pour in34,000 ballots already cast amid forecast of high turnoutBy Ryan [email protected]

As of Oct. 25, more than 34,000 ballots had already been re-turned in Douglas County for the 2013 election that will decide four school-board seats and help determine the outcome of two state ballot measures.

According to the county’s clerk and re-corder, Jack Arrowsmith, that number ac-counts for just under 18 percent of the ap-proximately 193,000 ballots that have been mailed out. That said, Arrowsmith predicts that this year’s turnout could easily be over 50 percent and very possibly closer to 60 percent. School board elections in 2009 and 2011 brought out 27.4 percent and 48 percent of registered voters, respectively.

“One can never tell what voter turn-out is going to be,” Arrowsmith said. “But

Change under way at golf clubhouseNew hospitality arm aims for improved operations

By Jane [email protected]

The Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel is teeing up for some significant changes. Course owner South Suburban Parks and Recreation District has added a hospital-ity department, and its main focus is Lone Tree’s public golf facility.

The change comes two years after sev-eral exasperated Lone Tree residents sug-gested the city secede from South Subur-ban, citing problems with the golf course and other district-managed city facilities.

Under the direction of hospitality direc-tor Jay Dikeman, the large, 1980s-era club-house around which the city developed has gotten a thorough scrubbing. New carpet is planned for its 15 hotel rooms, interviews are under way for a highly skilled chef, and construction starts next month on an out-door wedding site.

“The setting is of course absolutely stun-ning,” Dikeman said, “and the space here is very wonderful. The demographic around the physical building, if we provide a good enough product, is certainly strong enough to support us. We just have to come up with

a concept, and make it good enough for ev-erybody to want to be here.”

Dikeman’s responsibilities and the hos-pitality department’s territory extends be-yond Lone Tree to include South Subur-

ban’s other restaurants, including The Club restaurant at Centennial’s South Suburban Golf Course, the Avalanche Grill at Centen-nial’s Family Sports Center and the Cen-tennial Grill at the Littleton Golf and Ten-

nis Club.“The goal is to improve our operation,

both in terms of service and revenue,” South Suburban executive director Dave Lorenz said. “All the restaurants are under one roof, so we have consistency. When you go to the South Suburban Golf Course restaurant or Avalanche Grill, you’ll get the same hamburger, French fries and service in terms of quality.”

Lorenz considered recommendations made in 2012 by both frustrated residents and city officials to turn clubhouse opera-tions over to a private management com-pany.

“We could never agree on what we wanted or what they were willing to pro-vide,” he said of those negotiations. “So I recommended to the board we hire our own hospitality director.”

Dikeman’s hospitality industry experi-ence began in 1976, including employment at well-reputed, full-service chains like the

Jay Dikeman, manager of South Suburban’s newly created hospitality department, sits in front of the Lone Tree Golf Clubhouse main floor fireplace. Photo by Jane Reuter

voting service and polling center locations

Castle Rock: Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Place

Highlands Ranch: Sheriff Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive

Lone Tree: Park

Meadows Center, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle

Parker: Town Hall, 20120 E. Main Street

Parker: The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria Street

Madeline Gan claims a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch at the Schweiger Ranch Fall Festival earlier this month. The annual event in RidgeGate brought hundreds of children and parents to the historic property for hayrides, a petting zoo and a pumpkin patch, among other activities. Photo by Bruce Ryman

FALL FEST, pUMpKin QUESTVote continues on 4

Golf continues on Page 14

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The Strong Schools Coalition is a non-pro�t organization of Douglas County citizens and does not support or endorse any political party, candidate for, or incumbent in elected o�ce.

Then & NowAll information is based on Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and DCSD documents, which can be accessed at www.StrongSchoolsCoalition.org

This ad was paid for by the Strong Schools Coalition. We would like to thank the Douglas County parents and community members whose donations wenttowards the purchase of this ad.

ELECTION INFORMATIONDouglas County School Board

Be Informed: Know Your Candidates

DISTRICT BBarbra Chase

Very much and I �nd it ironic that this current board promotes the idea of ‘school choice’, yet limits the choices of our high school students by forcing high schools onto a schedule that reduces the amount of instructional time and last year prevented many students from taking a full schedule. These students have only one chance at a high school education and many of them are �nding it di�cult to get into the college of their choice due to the loss of academic rigor in our schools.

Jim Geddes - No response -

DISTRICT DJulie A Keim

Yes. The loss of 10 hours of instruction per high school class concerns me greatly, as it negatively impacts all students. High school budgets were cut to the point that more funds stay with District administration, than come down to our classrooms. Principals have been forced to eliminate rigorous class choices and many students now attend school part-time. These losses caused 10 students to graduate as juniors last year, at my son’s high school alone. We must restore adequate funding to DCSD schools before one more student loses the opportunity to be educated to the best of their ability.

Judi ReynoldsGiven the improving test scores, there is no current data that shows that the loss of instructional time decreases student achievement. However, given that the change has been in place only one year, I plan to closely monitor the high school TCAP and ACT scores for any sign of decreased achievement.

DISTRICT EDouglas Benevento (incumbent)

-No response-Bill Hodges

Very much so...our students are not able to compete in the workforce or in college/university admittance due to a lack of rigor.

DISTRICT GMeghann Silverthorn (incumbent)

I believe the quality of instruction is of greater importance than the quantity of it. The result of the change in high school schedule was to lower class sizes and to provide additional options for kids. When the opportunity was o�ered to principals to extend the school day to bring instructional minutes up to previous levels, not one chose to do so. Everyone from educational experts to colleges and universities agrees that academic rigor is what matters.

Ronda ScholtingI’ve talked to dozens of high school parents who are very concerned about the lack of choice their children have in Douglas County high schools, coupled with the drop in graduation requirements and how both impact their child’s ability to succeed. They don’t believe a Douglas County diploma means as much as it used to.

Is the loss of instructional time at thehigh school level of concern to you?

DCSD documents, which can be accessed at ELECTION INFORMATIONELECTION INFORMATIONBe Informed: Know Your Candidates

Mail-in Ballot

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received byNov. 5th For more information about the candidates and responses

to other questions, please visit:strongschoolscoalition.org/election-2013

Douglas County School District

County unveils preliminary budgetNearly $242 million in expenditures anticipatedBy Ryan [email protected]

The 2014 Douglas County preliminary budget shows no increases in taxes or fees and an anticipated revenue stream that falls $5 million short of anticipat-ed expenditures — a difference that will be accounted for out of the county’s reserves.

This year’s expenditures, cur-rently anticipated to be $241.8 million, are highlighted by $51 million slated for public safety, $43.7 million on capital improve-ments and infrastructure, $32.8 million on health and human ser-vices and $29.2 million on public works. The four categories ac-count for 65 percent of all expen-ditures.

Specific big-ticket items are led by the $13.4 million planned to be spent on concrete and as-phalt projects, as well as other ag-ing infrastructure maintenance, most of which will occur in High-lands Ranch, said county budget manager Martha Marshall.

Other items of note include $3 million in match funding for the C-470 expansion project; $2.3 million for the U.S. 85 connec-tor project near Titan Road; $2 million for the final phase of the justice center expansion project; $1.3 million for the Lone Tree

Light Rail partnership with RTD and the City of Lone Tree to help complete the southeast exten-sion and fund three new stations; and $1 million for the East-West Regional Trail Extension, a multi-agency and jurisdiction project that plans to construct the final eight miles of trail to connect Lone Tree and Parker.

The bulk of the anticipated $236.8 million in revenue will come from property taxes, $104.5 million; sales and use tax, $47.7 million; intergovernmental busi-ness, $35.6 million; and services, $32.1 million, according to fi-nance director Andrew Copeland.

“(The commissioners) made it clear that the budget should reflect fiscal conservatism and that it shouldn’t include raising or growing government, raising taxes or fees and that we should try to be efficient, effective and stay focused on being good stew-ards of other people’s monies, but also make sure what we do spend is furthering the board’s goals on behalf of the community in a manner that actually helps solve

problems,” said Douglas County manager Doug DeBord.

“The budget that we are talk-ing about reflects many of those values.”

Keeping with the spirit of fis-cal conservatism, there are no plans to add any full-time, coun-ty-funded positions at this time, DeBord added.

Instead the county will invest

in technology, look at using tem-porary help as needed and con-tract out larger projects to take advantage of some of the exper-tise that exists in the private sec-tor.

The preliminary budget was presented to the commissioners Oct. 22 and will now be discussed at three separate meetings be-tween the county’s finance staff

and the board prior to Nov. 25. The budget, as it stands now,

does not include any previously budgeted items that will be reap-propriated for 2014.

Those items will be included in the final proposed budget, which will be ready for adoption Dec. 10.

The preliminary budget may be viewed at www.douglas.co.us.

2014 proposed county expenditures

• $13.4 million: Contracted main-tenance concrete/asphalt

• $3 million: Match funding to C-470 Corridor Coalition

• $2.3 million: Rox-borough/US 85 con-nector

• $2 million: Final phase of justice cen-ter expansion

• $1.3 million: Lone Tree Light Rail Part-nership

• $1 million: East-West Regional Trail Extension

• $350,000: Front Range Corridor Trail

The 2014 Douglas County preliminary budget was presented Oct. 22. Courtesy graphic

Big-ticket items are led by $13.4 million planned for concrete and asphalt projects, as well as other aging infrastructure maintenance.

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Kids’ fidgeting normal, necessaryMovement researcher calls for change in classrooms

By Jane [email protected]

Physical movement is crucial to learn-ing, and schools need to adapt classroom furniture and teaching styles around that concept, according to Dieter Breithecker.

Breithecker, director of the Federal Insti-tute for Posture and Mobilisation Support in Germany, talked about his research and beliefs at Northridge Elementary Oct. 24.

The movement-oriented educational style is a dramatic change in philosophy from that of traditional education, which encourages children to be still and listen, typically while seated in rigid chairs at in-dividual desks.

“Fidgeting is not naughty, it’s necessary,” Breithecker said. “Movement shapes the brain and sharpens your mind.”

He advocates for furniture that allows children to rock, stand at high desks and even lie on the floor.

Northridge already is on board with Bre-ithecker’s concept. This fall, it replaced the traditional chairs in its computer lab and mobile classrooms with flexible, ergonomic chairs.

“Our principal really believes in this — that kids need to move,” Northridge School Accountability Committee member Kristen

Kidd said. “We couldn’t afford to buy for the whole school. So we’re looking for grants to replace the rest of our furniture.”

To illustrate his points, Breithecker didn’t allow parents to sit throughout his hourlong talk, but ordered them to stand, move and think about the resulting mental responses.

Breithecker’s research shows movement — particularly in the first 12 years of life — helps establish vital connections in the brain. It also helps regulate blood sugar and oxygen levels, and contributes to a child’s overall well-being.

Movements some characterize as “fidg-eting,” are “intuitive, spontaneous physical actions” that enhance mental and emotion-al engagement, Breithecker said.

Sitting still has the opposite effect, he said, making concentration more difficult.

“The traditional classroom is one of the worst possible places for human complex-ity,” he said. “It’s not only the furniture, it’s teaching methods. We have to say goodbye to all those old paradigms.”

It’s a shift many Douglas County teach-ers already are making, one in tune with a districtwide emphasis on collaborative learning.

Breithecker said teacher-centered learn-ing is boring and restrictive for activity-ori-ented children.

He advocates for teaching methods that urge students to move, and a classroom setup that gives children a range of physical options.

“We have to accept every student in the classroom as an individual,” he said. “Some need more movement, some need less movement.

While Breithecker believes movement has played a vital role in human evolution, both children and adults have become in-creasingly less physical over time.

“A century ago, people were walking

around an average of 10 miles a day,” he said. “Today, an office worker walks one-half mile a day.”

It’s a trend he hopes to reverse with the youngest generation.

“The complex human system — the in-tricate balance of body, mind and soul — is not designed to sit still,” he wrote in his pa-per “Bodies in Motion.”

Dieter Breithecker, top right, leads parents in a motion exercise at Northridge Elementary during his Oct 24 talk on the link between movement and learning in children. Photo by Jane Reuter


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Police volunteers to issue citations Team to tag violators in handicapped spaces by holiday season By Jane Reuter [email protected]

Lone Tree’s police department volunteers soon will add a new job to their list of responsibilities. The city council recently approved an ordinance authorizing them to issue citation to handicapped parking vio-lators.

Police Chief Jeff Streeter said it’s an effi cient way to handle an exas-perating problem, one he became familiar with while working for the Lakewood Police Department.

“People that violate those handi-capped zones have a big impact on those who are desperately in need

of that kind of parking,” he said. “We need to keep those handicapped spots open for those that truly need them.”

The city’s police volunteers assist with a variety of duties, including recordkeeping, the citizens’ police academy and coyote management. About nine of them are authorized to support patrol offi cers; those in-dividuals will be issuing parking cita-tions.

Streeter plans a training session, with the goal of starting the service in time for the holiday shopping season. Volunteers will be limited to the city’s retail areas, including Park Meadows shopping center and the Entertainment District.

Volunteers wear a “soft” uniform of khaki pants, a white shirt and green jacket with the word “volunteer.”

Councilmembers supported the proposal, though some said they’re

concerned about potential confl icts between volunteers and violators.

“Philosophically, I struggle with empowering one citizen to cite an-other citizen,” Kim Monson said. “Ci-tations should be the responsibility of paid staff. Parking tickets can be an emotionally charged exchange, and I am also reticent to have a volunteer in such a situation.”

“I have confi dence in our staff and our chief; I’m willing to give it a try,” Mayor Jim Gunning said. “If we never did anything new, we’d always be stuck.”

Streeter doesn’t anticipate any problems.

“Our volunteers are capable,” he said. “I don’t see risk. Certainly that’s what we’re training for and going to mitigate.”

The fi ne for a handicapped park-ing violation is $110, and includes a $10 service fee.

NEWS IN A HURRY

Aging Well panel plans fundraiserThe Living and Aging Well in Lone

Tree Committee will host its fall fun-draiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

The evening, which includes a light dinner buffet with appetizers, dessert, music and complimentary signature drink, is an opportunity to become better acquainted with those who regularly attend the committee’s monthly luncheons.

Admission is $30 per person.The event is brought to you by the

Living and Aging Well in Lone Tree Ad Hoc Committee and is open to the public.

For more information, visit www.cityofl onetree.com/agingwell.

Chamber’s annual meeting setThe Lone Tree Chamber of Com-

merce hosts its Business After Hours

and Annual Meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the offi ces of Rocky Moun-tain Real Estate Advisors & DC Farm-ers Insurance, 9233 Park Meadows Drive in the Bridge Center building.

Members will vote on the 2014 chamber board of directors during the evening.

Admission is free for members and $10 for non-members.

For more information, visit www.lonetreechamber.org or call 303-792-3282.

Wild� re mitigation seminar slatedThe Douglas County Conserva-

tion District will offer a free Wildfi re Mitigation Seminar for homeowners and property owners from 9 a.m. until noon Nov. 9 at the Franktown Firehouse. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

To register, RSVP by Nov. 7 at

303-688-3042, ext. 100, or email [email protected].

SSPR seeks interested residentsApproximately every fi ve years,

South Suburban Parks and Recre-ation District appoints a citizens committee to analyze existing operations, review recreational needs and trends, and make recommenda-tions for the next three to fi ve years. South Suburban is inviting interested residents to attend an informa-tional meeting on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd. in Centennial.

The committee will begin its work in earnest in early 2014 and present its recommendations to the district’s board in May. Those interested should email Executive Director Da-vid Lorenz at [email protected]. For more information, call 303-798-5131.


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County distributes funds to support arts SCFD money goes to broad range of groups By Ryan Boldrey [email protected]

Douglas County commissioners distrib-uted $567,190 worth of SCFD grant funds to 48 area nonprofi t organizations that support arts and culture throughout the county.

Following approval by the commission-ers, the 2013-14 Tier III Douglas County Scientifi c and Cultural Facilities District funds were presented Oct. 22 to 13 county-based organizations, as well as 35 others from within the district that have a direct impact on citizens of Douglas County.

“These funds support cultural facili-ties whose primary purpose is to enlight-

en and entertain the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, ad-vancement and preservation of art, music, theater, dance, zoology, botany, natural his-tory, and cultural history,” said Dan Dertz, supervisor of public outreach for Douglas County. “All grants awarded will directly benefi t the citizens of Douglas County.”

The funds are distributed through a three-tiered system by participating juris-dictions in seven metro counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfi eld, Denver, Douglas (with the exception of Castle Rock and Larkspur) and Jefferson.

Distribution of total funds are collected from one-tenth of 1 percent of retail sales and use tax in those areas and then 13.5 percent of the collected money is distribut-ed to scientifi c and cultural organizations which meet the necessary requirements.

This year 253 select organizations

throughout the metro area received a total of $6.3 million in funding. Between 1989 and 2012, SCFD distributed more than $756 million to more than 500 organiza-tions, Dertz said.

“You don’t have to go back very many years, and think about where we were re-garding the facilities (and) programs,” said Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella, praising the program and thanking all in-volved with it.

“We have made a ginormous leap in bringing more cultural and scientifi c pro-grams into the county.”

There will be a half-hour social followed by an informative session on the role of the SCFD from 4:30-6 p.m. at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker.

For more information, please contact Michael Schlut at 303-805-3367 or visit www.cast3.org.

Grant supports fitness for law enforcement Courses to be taught in Highlands Ranch By Ryan Boldrey [email protected]

With help from a $10,000 grant from AT&T of Colorado, the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Foundation will be improving the fi tness of offi cers from multiple agencies throughout the state, including the Douglas County Sher-iff’s Offi ce.

A great deal of the money will go to the Law Fit Program to fund the training of in-structors from the 64 state, federal and lo-cal agencies that make up the foundation. The nationally used program is designed

to teach how to screen applicant peace of-fi cers as well as to help keep veterans in better physical and mental condition.

The program was developed in 1989 by George Mason University professor of health David L. Bever in response to a growing concern for the high number of disabling injuries suffered by law enforce-ment in Virginia.

Since its inception, according to the Law Fit website, those involved with the program have reported both a reduction in injuries and workers’ compensation claims as well as an increase in offi cer fi t-ness levels.

“Unless law enforcement agencies are willing to place suffi cient emphasis on developing and maintaining fi tness lev-els which allow their personnel to per-

form effectively in high-stress situations, they will be faced with ongoing disability claims from offi cers in less-than-optimal condition who are injured in the line of duty,” the site states.

“Additionally, these agencies will be vulnerable to lawsuits when their less-fi t personnel are unable to perform their po-licing duties in a manner that protects the safety and welfare of the general public.”

The program puts together a number of fi tness goals and tests for participating offi cers that help to build strength, endur-ance and increase fl exibility.

“Without the grant, the agency would have had to pay to host or send instruc-tors to a Law Fit class,” said Sgt. Ron Hanavan, Douglas County Sheriff’s Offi ce spokesman.

“Tuition will be free to any of the 64 participating agencies that are members of the HRLETF.”

In addition to two Law Fit courses that will be hosted at dates to be determined at the Highlands Ranch facility off Santa Fe Drive, Hanavan said money will be used to buy new workout equipment and im-prove the outdoor obstacle course that is on site.

Founding HRLETF board member and former Douglas County Sheriff Steve Zo-tos will manage the grant.

Current foundation board members include Douglas County Sheriff David A. Weaver, Undersheriff Tony Spurlock and Bureau Chief Holly Kluth.

For more information, please visit www.lawfi t.org or www.hrletf.org.

DOUGLAS COUNTY 2013-14 SCFD RECIPIENTS

• Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation: $80,000• Christian Youth Theatre Denver, Highlands

Ranch: $21,000• HawkQuest, Parker: $10,000• Highlands Ranch Concert Band: $7,500• Highlands Ranch Cultural A� airs Association:

$80,000• Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve: $4,000• Lone Tree Arts Commission: $80,000• Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra: $8,000• Parker Arts Council: $10,000• Parker Cultural and Scienti� c Commission:

$80,000• Roxborough Arts Council: $6,500• St. Andrew Society of Colorado, Highlands

Ranch: $3,000• South Suburban Community Orchestra, Parker:

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Some helmet designers need heads examinedI was asked recently to identify the best,

worst, and least inspired football helmets. It will be a snap and a pleasure.

The worst ever — let’s start with the bad ones — were the early John Elway-era Broncos helmets. I thought a middle school student had won a horse-drawing contest. A rearing bronco was located in a decent block “D.” The horse was snorting. As a clas-sic Dan Aykroyd character, “Bad Cinema” host Leonard Pinth-Garnell, said, “Astonish-ingly ill-chosen.”

But someone came along, looked at a Ford Mustang logo, and came up with the current helmet graphic. Not very creative, but it is a lot better than Flicka was.

A close second was the Miami Dolphins helmet pre-2013. It showed a dolphin wear-ing a helmet. No chinstrap. The dolphin was leaping in front of, not through, an orange hoop. “Stunningly bad.”

The Washington Redskins, currently and justifiably being scolded for their nickname, once had a helmet with a single feather up the back, starting at the base. The current helmet emblem is almost as bad.

Oregon has a different look every week. Against Washington State they wore Pepto Bismol-pink helmets. If worn every week,

they would be the worst ever. “Monumen-tally ill-advised.”

The cardinal on Louisville’s helmet has teeth. “Stunningly bad.”

Tennessee has the worst helmet logo in the NFL. I don’t know how to explain it. A spiky “T” in a circle with three red stars. Spewing from the upper left are what? Powder blue and red flames? Powder blue and red are b-a-d together. The agency that came up with all of this should be avoided.

Miami of Ohio. I don’t have the vocabu-lary. Look it up. “Couldn’t be worse.”

Honorable Mention: Akron, Maryland, New York Jets.

The Best Ever? University of Michi-gan. Go Blue. The helmets are iconic, and recognizable around the world. M. Pibul-

songkrimpud of Bangkok, Thailand, said, “Wolvereenies,” when he was shown a photo of the helmet.

The University of Delaware swiped the design, but that’s OK because no one knows where Delaware is. Next to the Carolinas, I think.

The old Los Angeles Rams helmets, yellow-gold on dark blue, were exceptional. The origin of the ram horn design is a good story. “In 1948, halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Rams’ helmets, mak-ing the first modern helmet emblem in pro football.”

Cleveland didn’t get the memo. The Browns are the only team in the NFL with nothing on their helmets, other than a stripe. Pittsburgh has a logo on only one side — which is a good trivia question.

The Seattle Seahawks have a great helmet logo. It reads from a distance, and it is an effective truncation. Compare it to the “busy” Washington State image, which tries to be both a roaring cougar and the school’s abbreviation. In other words, is it a floor wax or a dessert topping?

For some reason, many of the schools that have the most impressive history, have helmets that are completely uninspired

— starting with Penn State. They look like scout team helmets. Poor Penn State. It’s more like State Pen these days.

The “Ns” on Nebraska’s helmets were purchased at a Lincoln hardware store.

Oklahoma experimented with an italic “OU” for a while, but they have gone back to dullsville. Still, the interlocking “OU” is better than that “N.”

Some schools are using new matte hel-mets. Notre Dame’s will blind you. Maybe that’s the plan.

The least of the least? Alabama, currently ranked number one. Each helmet is differ-ent, and do you know why? Each player’s number is on his helmet.

Louisiana State has “LSU” on its helmets. I guess they’ve never heard of kerning, which is “the process of adjusting the spac-ing between characters.” Beneath “LSU” is an impossible-to-read tiger head, so LSU makes it in two of my categories: worst and least inspired.

Pinth-Garnell said, “There, now, that wasn’t so good, was it?”

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

Commitment is the key to building will power

“Stay strong!” “You can do it!” “Don’t give in!” “Keep the faith!” “Stay the course!”

Many times when we begin the pursuit of a worthy goal such as losing weight, stopping smoking, saving money for a specific reason, or getting into shape we very quickly come to the cross-roads of temptation and will power.

It’s at this intersection where we find ourselves face to face with the desires that drive us toward our “wants” and where our resolve to adhere to our goal or plan becomes tested. And that’s when we have the proverbial angel on our right shoulder and the devil on our left shoulder. The angel is encouraging us to stay strong, reminding us that we can do it and not to give in. And then that little devil on the opposite side pushes us and nudges us and whispers in our ear that, “Its OK, one doughnut won’t hurt, go ahead take a bite, you can start again tomorrow!”

Will power is easy for some and much harder for others. Typically people with strong will power are very goals oriented and results driven. When they set their sights on a target, there is not much that they will let stand in their way once they commit themselves and begin their quest towards that goal.

However, there are many more of us who struggle with will power. The thoughts or ideas of pursuing a worth-while goal come easily enough as we really do want to make a change or difference in our health, in a struggling relationship, or in attempting to quit a bad habit. And sometimes we want these things so badly we jump in eagerly to-wards the “fix” that we blow right by the planning and expectations phase and forget how important it is to set realistic milestones where we can measure our success along the way.

Commitment is a big word when it comes to will power. And in order to be committed and dedicated to that which we are pursuing, we have to be able to

letters to the editorElect a woman to Congress

“What a sad state of affairs we have come to in Washington, D.C.” So says Rep. Cory Gardner in his Oct. 1 press release on the government shutdown. What an incredibly hypocritical statement from someone who is a big part of the problem. Mr. Gardner doesn’t like “Obamacare,” and he has demonstrated he is willing to go to any lengths to stop it — shut down the government; put 800,000 people out of work; risk the credit rating of the United States government; and send the economy into a tailspin.

Mr. Gardner must have cut class when they taught the Constitution he is sworn to uphold. “Obamacare” is the law of the land, passed by both houses of Congress, signed by the president, and tested in the Supreme Court with the conservative chief justice casting the deciding vote. Amend-ment XIV of the Constitution says “the public debt of the United States ... shall not be questioned.” Perhaps Mr. Gardner believes his mission puts him above his constitutional responsibilities.

The break in the congressional logjam began when Sen. Susan Collins (Republi-can, Maine) spoke in the Senate. She and the other 19 female senators who form the “Women’s Caucus” put together a biparti-san proposal that led to the Reid/McCon-nell agreement, subsequently approved all around.

A CNN poll released on Oct. 21 says 86 percent of us disapprove of the job Con-gress is doing. The women have demon-

strated an ability to cross party lines and work collaboratively in the best interests of the country. So let’s make a change next year. For sure Mr. Gardner doesn’t deserve our vote.

Gary WyngardenSedalia

Check the logicIf DCSD lost its top tier ranking dur-

ing the 2009-10 academic year, then the current board, elected in November 2009, must have inherited a deteriorating academic environment. But, that’s using anti-board logic.

Jim ErlingerParker

When do you start holiday shopping?With the holidays approaching fast, Colorado Community Media went to The Park-

er Shoppes in Parker to ask: When do you start your holiday shopping?

“I start as early as I can. The problem is, I hide the presents and don’t find them until March. My husband waits until Christmas Eve.” — Janeen Lebkuecher, Parker

“Usually in the middle of October, so there is not so much stress as it gets closer to Christmas.” — Nancy Browning, Castle Pines

“I feel like I usually start December 23rd. It’s just procrastinating. I don’t enjoy holiday shopping. I put if off and make it even worse.” — Mike Matthews, Denver

“I try to shop every day throughout the year … you find the most interest-ing and eclectic things if you don’t have a list you’re trying to satisfy.” — Louise Sparks, Denver

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Breast cancer awareness is healthy, neededWe need to find a cure.Currently I have three friends in the

early stages of either diagnosis or treat-ment of breast cancer. Others I know are heroic survivors who have battled it brave-ly, and when I was a hospice chaplain I en-countered those who reached the end of life after their initial diagnosis was breast cancer.

All cancers are bad. They cause suffer-ing and the treatment is expensive. My 27-year-old niece has recently been diag-nosed with ovarian cancer. It is frightening but thankfully she was diagnosed early. My son’s testicular cancer shocked our family — he just ran a marathon to celebrate five years cancer-free and a strong recovery. We are rejoicing. My basal skin cancer that is near my eye is a concern, even though it is not life-threatening. And my wife grieves the loss of her mother who passed from this life to the next over 25 years ago.

There are so many people affected by a large variety of cancers, and I have in-cluded friends and family today because it seems that no family or circle of friends remains untouched by cancer.

There has been a great amount of prog-ress in medical care and treatment, but we need to find a cure for cancer. It needs to

be eradicated, like polio nearly was when Jonas Salk developed the safe and effective vaccine. I’m old enough to remember kids and adults with braces on their legs from paralytic polio.

I also remember the Sunday afternoon when my family went to the elementary school to take a drop of medicine on a sugar cube that in five years reduced from 25,000 per year to single digits. We hardly ever hear about it anymore and we need that kind of cure for cancer, so the day comes when people remember it, but few are experiencing it.

Quick research at the breast cancer awareness websites revealed to me a lot of worthy organizations fighting the disease. But I did not see any organized religious or spiritual efforts to pray for a cure. I am go-ing to pray more and maybe someone who

reads this column will accept the chal-lenge to launch the ministry that prays for the cure for breast cancer or all cancers.

Of course, there are many who pray for healing and churches all over our town have lists of prayer requests filled with people fighting breast cancer and other cancers. Prayer addresses the spiritual and emotional needs of the patient and fam-ily, in addition to the physical illness of the sick, plus it connects with the Divine who promises a healing beyond this life with a new body, where there is no more sickness or sorrow, tears or pain.

But in addition to that, the faith com-munity should pray for a cure — that a doctor, scientist or even a student in a lab at a university hospital will miraculously discover the cause that can be prevented, or a medicine that reverses the tumor without side effects or a lifestyle that guar-antees a cancer-free life.

Maybe the element we are waiting for in the chemistry for a cure is a nationwide movement of prayer for a cure.

Breast cancer attacks a woman at her most feminine and nurturing part of her body. It impacts her health and sense of beauty and worth. Scripture contains a name for God that reveals how much He

understands and cares about this par-ticular cancer. In the original languages of Scripture, the nature and personality of God is explained with the names that He inspired the writers to use to identify Him. One name was El Shaddai. In our Bibles when we see the name translated into Most High or Almighty it usually is refer-ring to this name and the nurturing part of God. The description of God’s caring nature is “tender as the breast of a nursing mother.” He calls his children to come and receive the care, intimacy and nourish-ment that comes directly from a nurturing God eager to care for his needy, crying and hungry child.

Many in our community do not under-stand this part of God’s nature. It is as if the nurturing and caring part of God has been diseased and removed from our culture. Perhaps we can experience a double cure as we reach out to God, first to care for us with tenderness and love and then to pro-vide a cure for breast cancer, because, for both, we need to find a cure.

Dan Hettinger is the founder of The Jakin Group, a ministry of encouragement. You can email him at dan@welcometothebig leagues.org.

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have a plan, see what victory or success looks like, and manage our expectations along the way. It’s like the person who is not in very good physical condition and wakes up one day and decides they will begin working out immediately that morning. Instead of going in with a plan that starts slowly and builds their muscle strength and endurance up, they rush right in and do as much as possible on day one. I applaud the initiative, but then day two happens and the person wakes up so sore and in so much pain that they can’t go back to the gym for days. Days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, and you know the rest of the story.

Will power is one of those terms that is easy to say, sounds good, and even feels good when we say it. It is so easy for others to use as a statement of hope and encouragement. But at the end of the day, will power is a very personal thing. We have to want to make the changes in our lives more than any other person. We sure do appreciate their love, support, concern, and encouragement, however as the old saying goes, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me!”

To strengthen our will power or resolve for the achievement of our goals we must

first make sure we understand the “why” behind the goal, that it is in alignment with our truest beliefs and values, that we can commit to the actions necessary, that we have a support team, family member, friend, or coach that can help us when needed, and that we define what success looks like along the way. And that last one may very well be the most important. Too often we get caught in the trap of wanting to achieve our goal without putting in the effort or hard work necessary to complete it or see it through, expecting immediate success or change.

Will power is the ability to say “no” to the things we know that can detract us from our goals or mission, and saying “yes” to the things that are harder but lead to the results we desire. Zig Ziglar used to remind me all the time that, “We don’t pay the price for success, we enjoy the benefits of our hard work.”

How are you doing when it comes to will power? Are you paying the price or enjoying the benefits? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and when we learn how to manage our will power, it really will be a better than good week.

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

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HOlOcaust lecture. The 11th Annual Fred Marcus Memorial Holocaust Lecture is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Sponsored by the Holocaust Awareness Institute at DU’s Center for Judaic Studies in cooperation with the MACC at the JCC’s JAAMM Festival. Dr. Stephen D. Smith, executive director of the Shoah Foundation, will speak on “Testimony and Technology.” Reservations required. Visit www.maccjcc.org/jaamm or call 303-316-6360.

Oct. 28

repertOry OrcHestra. The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra presents “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing!” What did Duke Ellington mean when he coined that famous phrase? Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Tickets cost $20. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or call 720-509-1000.

Oct. 29

Fruit and veggies challenge. Douglas County School District Nutrition Services will officially kick off its second annual fruits and veggies challenge Oct. 29. The campaign is a full-scale effort to shed light on the importance of consuming five servings of produce each day. The school that has the most per capita per student consumption will win a gourmet luncheon. Volunteers are encouraged. The challenge runs through Dec. 12. For information, call the challenge volunteer hotline at 303-387-0336.

Oct. 29-30

pinkaliciOus. pinkaliciOus can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink

indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe, a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this predicament. Showtimes are 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 29 and 10 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Cost is $8. Visit www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or call 720-509-1000. Show is appropriate for pre-K to fourth grade.

Oct. 30

enricHment wOrksHOp. South Metro Health Alliance is hosting an enrichment workshop from 9-10 a.m. Oct. 30 at Doctors Care in Littleton. Workshop is designed for anyone who would like to gain confidence when using Facebook for their organization. The focus will be on nonprofit organization pages but anyone is welcome to join us. Seating is limited and reservations are requested. Call Traci Jones on 303-793-9615, email [email protected], or reserve your place online at www.southmetrohealthalliance.org/work-shops.

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seedlings: tHeater buds. You and your child will exer-cise your creativity in this theater class led by Pamela Clifton. Parents will interact with their children and help them learn to act out stories, dress up, play, sing, and move. We’ll bring our favorite stories to life and give you great ideas on how to enrich story time in your very own home. Program presented at 9 and 11 a.m. Nov. 5 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Tickets cost $3. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org

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arts in the Afternoon. Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin

share the stories behind their songs at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. The setting will fur-ther highlight the voices and acoustic playing of this dynamic duo. Bettman & Halpin will share their songs and stories from six years on the road: introducing you to characters and places from California to Oklahoma and exploring spaces we all share in our hearts. Their signature blend of Americana and Folk will have you tapping your toes, humming along, and even pos-sibly shedding a few tears. Tickets cost $15. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

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luncH series. Army veteran Toby Montoya served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He survived an IED blast and now represents the Wounded Warrior Project. He will speak as part of the Individuals Who Influence lunch and speaker series from noon

to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree. A family legacy inspired Montoya to serve; his father is a Vietnam veteran and his grandfa-ther served in World War II. He’ll speak about his personal experiences and what he’s been doing since he left the Army. All attending veterans will be recognized. Donations to the Wounded Warrior Project will be accepted. To register, call 303-347-5999. For information, call 303-708-3516.

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Jam sessiOn. A social jam session for seniors is offered from 7-9 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. Bring an acoustic instrument; intermediate ability and jamming etiquette. Join Rudy Kaluza. Pay at the door: $1.25, and $1 for residents. Call 303-708-3516 or visit www.sspr.org.


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Announcing 2014 Community Safety Volunteer AcademyApplications are invited for the 2014 Community Safety Volunteer Academy, offered through the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Application deadline is Dec. 31, 2013 for the program held March 4 – May 8, 2014. Volunteers are required to attend a 10-week academy. Visit www.dcsheriff.net/patrol/community-safety-volunteers/ call 303-814-7063 or email [email protected] for more information.

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Decreased graduation requirements at issueBudget-induced cut among changes drawing debateBy Jane [email protected]

Changes to the district’s high school graduation requirements have prompted finger-pointing among candidates for the Douglas County School Board — part of a broader discussion about recent policy changes and their impact on local teens.

Citing budgetary constraints, the school board decreased graduation requirements by 1.5 credits in early 2009.

Board president John Carson and board member Justin Williams were the only two current members who voted on that deci-sion, which cut a credit of social studies and one-half credit of speech from the re-quirements.

“The recession was really kicking in then,” Carson said. “Nobody wants to make cuts like that, but we took a big reduction in per-pupil funding in those years.”

Despite the reduction from 25.5 to 24 credits, DCSD’s graduation requirements remain among the highest in the metro area.

The decrease took effect with the 2012-13 academic year, at the same time as the controversial block schedule.

Neither of the incumbent candidates — Meghann Silverthorn and Doug Benevento — were on the board when it voted to lower graduation requirements.

Challenger candidates cite the change as an area of concern.

Candidate Bill Hodges, who was the dis-trict’s assistant superintendent of human resources in 2009, said during an Oct. 9 debate at Mountain Vista High School that the current board lowered graduation re-quirements. Hodges said he later learned the decision came under the previous board.

“I did not know that; I misspoke,” he said. “But they haven’t made any propos-al to change it since they’ve been on the board the last four years.”

Benevento said Hodges is trying to mis-lead the public.

“He said this board did it, and in fact it happened when he was in senior leader-ship of the school district,” he said. “If he’s

so concerned about this, why in fact can he not enunciate any steps he took (to object to the reduction)”?

Hodges said he was not consulted and had no influence on the board’s decision, but would like to see the requirements stepped back up.

“I think we have to put our high school students on a level playing field in terms of course options they can take and rigor, be-cause they’re at a disadvantage now,” said Hodges, who is challenging Benevento for his seat.

Benevento said increased graduation rates, ninth- and 10th-grade state test scores, and record numbers of high school students in Advanced Placement classes show the students are doing well.

Hodges said the increase in graduation

rates is no surprise given the reduction in required credits, adding, “It’s more than just cutting grad requirements, it’s cutting this whole schedule.”

The change to the block schedule cut about 10 hours of instruction time from each class. That adds up to 240 hours — the equivalent of six work weeks — throughout students’ high school years.

Outgoing board president John Carson said he’s never before heard objection to the reduction in credits.

“What I find particularly interesting is in the four years since they were lowered, the issue has never come up — until it became a political issue in this campaign,” he said. “If people in the community want to start a movement to raise them back up, the board of education would look at that.”

graduation requirements in other school districts

Adams 12: 23 creditsBoulder Valley: 22 creditsCherry Creek: 22 credits

Denver: 24 creditsJefferson County: 23Lewis-Palmer: 25 credits

Top law firms tackle campaign complaintsAttorneys represent school district, fundraising armBy Jane [email protected]

Two high-powered law firms are repre-senting the Douglas County School District and its fundraising arm in separate allega-tions of improper campaign-related activ-ity in the contentious school-board race.

The Douglas County Educational Foun-dation has retained Holland and Hart to represent it in parent Susan Arnold’s com-plaint filed Oct. 14 with the Internal Reve-nue Service. The complaint alleges political campaigning and deceptive and improper fundraising practices by the foundation, the district’s nonprofit fundraising arm.

An attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Far-ber Schreck indicated Oct. 25 that he will represent DCSD in school board candidate Julie Keim’s recent complaint of alleged campaign and political finance violations.

“The fact that they’ve lawyered up on both sides is interesting,” said Keim, one of four candidates challenging the direction of the current school board. “They’re us-ing district resources to defend themselves against a complaint that they’re using dis-trict resources. It’s a little vicious cycle, isn’t it?”

School board vice president Kevin Lars-en said the decision to hire outside legal counsel is logical.

“Any time a legal complaint is filed against the school district we will employ reasonable measures to protect ourselves,” he said. “(Keim’s) meritless claims will ul-timately have little to show other than the loss of district time and resources.”

Holland and Hart, whose 440 attorneys in 15 Rocky Mountain-area offices special-ize in business and corporate law, is help-ing defend the foundation against “vicious attacks,” according to Cinamon Watson, DCEF interim executive director and the district’s community relations officer.

District spokespeople did not respond

to questions from Colorado Community Media about when the firms had been hired and their rate of compensation.

Holland and Hart “has reviewed compli-ance and given DCEF a clean bill of health,” Watson wrote in an email.

“Individuals involved in the board of education elections have attacked every-thing from outstanding achievement re-sults to raising dollars for the annual school supply drive,” Watson wrote. “After filing a frivolous IRS complaint against the Doug-las County Educational Foundation, they are now complaining about the fact that we have an attorney to defend ourselves from these vicious attacks.

“These attacks have cost the foundation time and money and taken away from the great work DCEF does for our schools, stu-dents, and teachers.”

Arnold, parent Stefania Scott and for-mer DCEF chairman Bob Kaser’s concerns about the foundation are multi-pronged, but center around the Douglas County School District’s late September acknowl-edgment that it used DCEF donations to pay consultants. Those consultants — in-cluding former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett and the American Enterprise Institute’s Rick Hess — indicated support for the district’s education reforms through published papers and a public appearance in September.

Kaser said the foundation’s failure to turn over meeting minutes and other infor-mation underscores those concerns.

“The only reason there are perceptions, or misperceptions, about the activities of the DCEF is due to the lack of transpar-ency,” he said. “I challenge them to replace these with the facts and full disclosure.”

Keim’s Oct. 17 complaint alleges the school district is not providing all candi-dates with the same information, and that its resources are helping a host of individu-als and organizations actively support pro-board candidates — Judi Reynolds, Jim Geddes and incumbents Doug Benevento and Meghann Silverthorn — with cam-paign materials and advertisements.

‘If people in the community want to start a movement to raise (graduation requirements) back up, the board

of education would look at that.’John Carson, Douglas County School Board president

‘Any time a legal complaint is filed against the school district we will employ reasonable measures to protect

ourselves.’Kevin Larsen, Douglas County School Board vice president


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A Douglas County School Board candi-date is accusing the district of violating the state’s Fair Campaign Practices Act, an al-legation the board’s vice president said is frivolous and unfounded.

Julie Keim’s Oct. 17 complaint alleges the Douglas County School District used district resources to support its preferred candidates. In addition to the complaint, she also submitted to the Colorado Secre-tary of State documentation that she says supports her claims.

Keim is among four candidates who believe major change is needed in the dis-trict. She is running against Judi Reynolds, who supports the current school board.

“This is a patently frivolous politi-cal stunt masquerading as a complaint,” school board vice president Kevin Larsen said.

Keim alleges the school district is not providing all candidates with the same information, and says district resources are helping supporters of pro-board can-didates — Reynolds, Jim Geddes and in-cumbents Doug Benvento and Meghann Silverthorn — with campaign materials and advertisements.

In early October, Keim requested copies of emails exchanged between the district’s cabinet-level staff, school board members, Douglas County Educational Foundation board members and the alleged support-ers — including Americans for Prosperity, the Independence Institute and campaign contributors Alex Cranberg and Ralph Na-gel, among others.

DCSD legal counsel Rob Ross emailed Keim on Oct. 14 that a search found more than 13,000 emails, including the approxi-

mately 46 individuals and organizations she listed.

“The enormous volume of emails be-tween DCSD cabinet-level personnel and political groups that are supporting the current school board race is evidence of a violation of the (Fair Campaign Practices Act),” she wrote in her complaint.

Ross wrote that the number “does not represent `political’ communications be-tween the individuals or groups named,” only matches to Keim’s search parameters.

Keim so far has received 101 of the 13,000 emails.

“I think they’re trying to delay so noth-ing can be exposed before the election,” Keim said.

Larsen said staff’s response has been timely, and that Keim is abusing district resources.

“Ms. Keim expects district staff to spend their days as her personal research team rather than having them focus on the busi-ness of educating our more than 65,000 students,” he wrote. “This is inexcusably aggressive behavior by a candidate at-tacking the personnel of the district, and parent and community volunteers. If this candidate has an issue with the great di-rection Douglas County School District is headed, she can attack me and the rest of the board.”

Ross said time is needed for district em-ployees to review each email and ensure it doesn’t include legally protected informa-tion. He estimated it would require a mini-mum of 54 hours and a total cost to Keim $1,060. Keim said she plans to pay the bill with personal, non-campaign funds.

“I won’t back down,” she said. “I want them to be open and honest and truly transparent about what is going on with all these organizations. It’s concerning to me so many people who are not local have such a voice in our future. As a parent and community member, I am disgusted at what’s happened to our school district.”


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I would predict that we are going to have a much higher turnout than we did in 2011.”

For those who still need to register, mail registration closed Oct. 15 and online reg-istration closed Oct. 28, but people can register in person at any of the five service centers throughout the county — regard-less of where they live — right up until 7 p.m. Nov. 5 when polls close. Weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at all five centers, as well as 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2 and 7 a.m.

to 7 p.m. on Election Day.Registration is open to all new Colorado

residents who have lived in the state since Oct. 15.

Inactive voters who did not receive a ballot must update their voter registration in order to participate.

According to Arrowsmith, residential addresses will be verified on site at time of registration, making accompanying bal-lots immediately valid.

Voters can expect to see early election results at www.douglasvotes.com by 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and they will be updated every 90 minutes throughout the night, he said.

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Hilton, Marriott and Radisson hotels. In Lone Tree, he aims to capitalize on

its already established wedding services with construction of an outdoor wedding venue, including a garden, pergola and

small stage. Plans call for opening the area in 2014.

“We really want to make our product different from other products around,” he said.

“The wedding garden will be beautiful and a differentiator from other golf cours-es and hotels in the community that will make (the clubhouse) even more popular for weddings.”

A sound barrier also is planned on the

clubhouse’s main level to block noise from the ground-level Out of Bounds Grill. A permanent awning over the north deck, and a new lighting system in the banquet areas, also are planned.

The selection process for a new chef is nearly complete.

“One of the requirements is they have to be very high end,” Dikeman said. “They’ll be based here, but also will work with the other facilities.

“Right now, the demand for the grill area is low in the evenings. We’re absolutely going to cater to the golfers, but also focus on how to build that evening business.”

An extensive overhaul of the building is not in the near-term plans.

“For the foreseeable future, the building will stay the same,” Dikeman said. “But I know there’s been conversation about the facility needing, and the community want-ing, a major renovation here.”


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crime reportThieves hit area Targets

Authorities think a pair of suspects are responsible for a series of crimes in metro-area Target stores.

A 5-foot-11 black man, weighing about 190 pounds and possessing a pro-nounced limp in his left leg, was captured on surveillance video at 4:20 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Target store in the 1900 block of E. County Line Road in Highlands Ranch, where he placed a 32-inch LG television and a pair of Beats headphones into a shopping cart, bypassed all points of sale and left the parking lot in a small silver sedan.

He returned three hours later with a 5-foot-7, 155-pound Hispanic female ac-complice and filled a shopping cart with

a large amount of clothing, again bypass-ing all points of sale and leaving in the same sedan.

The same individuals have been iden-tified as suspects for similar crimes at Target stores in Brighton and Arvada.

Graffiti carefully wordedMessages including “Open your ...

mind” and “OH NO! YOUR UPPER CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS WRITING ON IT” were spray-painted on fences belonging to the Highlands Ranch Metro District near the intersection of Hunterwood Drive and Ravenswood Lane as well as Hunterwood Drive and Highlands Ranch Parkway.

The incidents were discovered on

Oct. 19 and 20 and other graffiti was also noted in the area. There are no suspects at this time.

Idling car gets broken intoAn unattended vehicle that was idling

in the 13100 block of Rigel Drive in Lone Tree outside the owner’s home was bro-ken into at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 16. The owner of the car was warming it up, and after starting it went inside to get her sister to take her to school.

When she returned to her vehicle, she found that the center console and glove box were both open and had been rummaged through. She was missing an iPhone and her wallet, which con-tained her driver’s license and debit card.

Leaving a car unattended and running is illegal.

Church playground vandalizedDouglas County Sheriff’s deputies

responded to The Holy Cross Lutheran Church, in the 9700 block of Foothills Canyon Boulevard in Highlands Ranch, shortly after 7 a.m. Oct. 15 on a report of criminal mischief.

Sometime overnight an unknown suspect, or suspects, vandalized the playground, taking apart the playground equipment, tipping over the basketball hoop, smashing pumpkins and placingd a picnic table on top of a work shed. Most of the playground equipment was not permanently damaged.

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

douGlas CounTy Republican Women meet at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Tanne Aspro-

monte at 303-840-2764 or visit www.dcgop.org.

lonE TrEE Democrats meet the second Tuesday each month at the Lone Tree Civic Center. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264.

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araPahoE salEs Professionals USA meets Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at Country Buffet, 7475 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. Call Randy Anderson at 303-875-7673 for information.

BnI ConnECTIons of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to

attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Chris Kaiser at [email protected] or 303-933-1113 for more information.

lITTlETon lETIP meets from 7:16-8:31 a.m. Tuesdays for breakfast at Luciles, 2852 W. Bowles Ave., to exchange qualified business leads. For information, call Bob Hier at 303-660-6426 or e-mail [email protected].

lonE TrEE Networking Professionals is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-746-0093.

ProfEssIonal rEfErral Network meets at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Great Beginnings, east of I-25 at Lincoln Avenue. Call Ronald Conley at 303-841-1860 or e-mail www.professionalrefer-ralnetwork.org.

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lonE TrEE Ladies 9-Hole Golf. Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Thursday morn-ing 9-hole golf group. Applications are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop or visit http://LTL9Hole.ghinclub.com

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a drEamPowEr Animal Rescue / PAALS adoption for cats, dogs and more meets from 11

a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Park Meadows PetsMart. Call 303-688-9503.

dTC KIwanIs Club meets at 7 a.m. every Tuesday at Mimi’s Cafe, 9555 Park Meadows Drive, at the corner of Yosemite and Park Meadows. Our mission is assisting com-munities and “at risk” children in difficult home environments with financial and personal help and mentoring. Call Frank Zieg at 303-796-1213.

fIBromyalGIa womEn’s Group for women wanting to get together to talk about positive things that have helped them and to make new friends. No fee; must live near Parker/Centennial. Time and day to be figured out by group. Call Leslie at 303-791-8814.

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Healing touch applied to animals Holistic approach aids horses, dogs, more By Ryan Boldrey [email protected]

In 20 years, Carol Komitor has taught close to 5,000 students, and between all of them, touched hundreds of thousands of animals — literally.

Komitor, a Highlands Ranch resident, founded Healing Touch for Animals in 1996, combining a background in veterinary medicine with her passion for holistic heal-ing.

“I thought I was going to go the avenue of massage,” she said, “but it turned out to be more energy-based.”

Komitor, who at the time had 13 years of background as a veterinary technician, was introduced to holistic healing through a workshop, and was far from sold at fi rst. Once she started participating in some of the exercises, however, she began to expe-rience the energy fl owing directly through her.

“It was a tactile experience,” she said. “I started to explore whatever I could get my hands on. I then spent half a day at Tattered Cover (in Denver) and bought several books on what energy healing was all about.”

After becoming certifi ed as a massage therapist and as an instructor, her careers began to slowly intertwine, and the next thing she knew she was helping to heal

animals, horses, dogs, and cats mostly — mixed in with the occasional zoo or farm animal — and using a holistic approach to assist with animals affl icted with can-cer and other ailments from scar tissue to broken bones. After a breakthrough with a

show horse that had been left for dead, she knew she was on the right path.

“Animals have an energy fi eld that is 10 times greater than humans,” she said. “I can see it. And opposed to the human fi eld which is made up of layers, an animal’s fi eld

is just one layer that is made up more of pix-els.”

Understanding that humans and ani-mals are alike in that when either has a bal-anced, clear and open energy system they possesses their own inherent ability to assist in healing is the underlying key, she said. That holistic work should not be performed independently of conventional medicine, is another major piece she’s adamant about.

“We don’t have the ability to do surgery or perform diagnostics,” she said. “But we have the ability to assist the animals in a part of natural healing.”

The author of fi ve instruction manu-als that go along with her teachings, half of Komitor’s students are taught through distance learning while the rest meet up for conference-like sessions throughout the Netherlands, Germany, the U.S. and Canada. For those who opt for the distance learning, Komitor or one of her six instruc-tors will work one-on-one with the student to help enable them to work with their ani-mals.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Drea Robertson, who has worked at Healing Touch for 11 years. “It started as this rippling effect and has turned into a much bigger wave.”

Komitor still works one-on-one with animals in person, but spends much of her time these days traveling the world in-structing others on her methods.

For more information, please e-mail [email protected], call 303-470-6572 or visit www.healingtouchforanimals.com.

Highlands Ranch resident Carol Komitor founded Healing Touch for Animals in 1996, and her teachings and care have touched more than 5,000 humans and 100,000 animals since. Photo by Rick Giase

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For Daniel Ritchie, it’s girl’s night out

For a suit-and-tie CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Daniel Ritchie makes a handsome woman.

And he proved just how fetching he can be in a blingy ball gown during “Theatre Threads,” a costume depart-ment fashion show featuring models from the DCPA’s financial and emo-tional support group.

As an unadvertised final entry in the fashion show, Ritchie shuffled to the microphone where 9News entertain-ment editor Kirk Montgomery was lending emcee duties. Much to the delight of the lunching crowd, Ritchie sported a Texas-sized blond wig, full makeup, false eyelashes, figure-hugging bedazzled gown, feather stole, full-length black gloves and black pat-ent open-toe heels.

In a twisted way, he looked hot!Ritchie was promoting “The Legend

of Georgia McBride,” which plays in the Ricketson Theatre from Jan. 10 to Feb. 23.

“We didn’t have costumes yet so we hired a professional drag queen, and he worked with Dan on the outfit,” said Alexandra Griesmer, public rela-tions and promotions manager for the Denver Center Theatre Company. “(Ritchie) was such a great sport — didn’t take much convincing!”

Ritchie said his gender-bender experience lent him more empathy toward females.

“I learned that high heels are risky,” Ritchie said while Montgomery, dressed as one of the Three Muske-teers, doubled over in laughter. “I was surprised to learn what you do every day. My respect is even higher (for women).”

The play is about a straight young man who unexpectedly takes a dip into the world of drag, Ritchie said. “I didn’t know much about being a woman, so I thought I should learn firsthand.”

Denver Center Alliance’s Theatre Threads is a tribute to the talent and passion of the models and backstage stars, Denver Center Theatre Com-pany’s costume department. Proceeds support the Arts in Education pro-gram, which allows more than 50,000 students the opportunity to experience live theater this academic year.

The incredible shrinking anchorHave you seen 9News entertain-

ment anchor Kirk Montgomery lately? Rather, have you seen what’s left of him? His cheeks are no longer “cherubbed,” and his torso is oh so trim.

I caught his act last week, and couldn’t help asking Montgomery the secret to his slimmed-down success.

“I downloaded a free app (My Plate from www.livestrong.com) and I’ve been counting calories,” he told me. “I input the good the bad and the ugly — and just getting into the habit of doing that was an eye-opener. I’ve tried to stay around 1,500 (calories consumed) a day. Some days are lower, some higher, but I’ve lost weight before — the goal this time is to keep it off.”

Lakewood gets new nodLivability.com named Lakewood as

one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live

Champions converge on Clement ParkBy Jennifer [email protected]

Dozens of doggies from around the country converged on Clement Park over the Oct. 26-27 weekend for the Final UFO Major, hosted for the first time by Colorado Disc Dogs.

They competed in levels from simple toss and catch all the way up to freestyle, where the pooches and their people per-form choreographed routines, showing off their signature moves.

In honor of Halloween, there was even a doggie costume contest and trick-or-treat-ing among sponsoring vendors.

Colorado Disc Dogs was founded in 1994 and welcomes new members, even hosting a training event every spring.

“It is one of the biggest and most suc-cessful disc dog clubs in the world,” ac-cording to the UFO website. “Teams from the club are always in the top of the stand-ings at every event they participate in, judges from the club are highly sought for their experience and skills, and club events are heavily attended all year long.”

Kirby McIlveen and her dog Spirit wow the crowd at Clement Park Oct. 25 while practicing for the Colorado Disc Dog championships Oct. 26-27. Photos by Jennifer Smith

Jeff Hill and his dog Enzo were in the Halloween spirit as they practiced Oct. 25 at Clement Park for the Colorado Disc Dog championships. The pair traveled all the way from their home in California to compete.

Flying DISCS, flying DOGS

LEFT: AJ Brown of Littleton and his dog Maverick, one of the smallest dogs in the Final UFO Major competition, practice Oct. 25 for the Colorado Disc Dog championships. RIGHT: Miley shows her handler, Tammy Ormiston, how much she loves her sport as they warm up Oct. 25 at Clement Park. Parker continues on Page 19

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ACC holds ‘Poems for Malala’ reading Pakistani teen is advocate for education of girls By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

The extraordinary 16-year-old Pakistani student, Malala Yousafzai, has captured the imagination of millions worldwide, after an assassination attempt on Oct. 9, 2012, when she was shot in the head and neck.

Following expert medical care in Great Britain, she has continued to advocate for education for girls, spoken at the UN on her 16th birthday, been featured on the Cover of Time magazine as one of “The Most In-fl uential People in the World” and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The winner of Pakistan’s fi rst National Youth Peace Prize, who continues to advo-cate for worldwide access to education, has been honored by an anthology, “Poems for Malala,” published by FutureCycle Press. Poets from throughout the world have con-tributed to it, including Kathryn Winograd and Chris Ransick of Arapahoe Community College in Littleton.

ACC’s Writers Studio will host a “Poems for Malala” evening from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts. Poet and anthology editor Joseph Hutchison will open the program and describe how the anthology came about. He, Winograd and others will read from the anthology, which includes poems by such well-known writers as Linda Hogan, Jane Hirshfi eld and Ellen Bass.

A suggested $5 donation from audience members will go to the Malala Fund, as will proceeds from book sales. (Order from Am-azon.)

Winograd said she was reeling from the death of Jessica Ridgeway in Wheat Ridge when Malala was shot and her poem, “ety-mology of girl,” refl ects her concern. It con-cludes:

“malala: all-honey or grief-stricken, and you, dear dead girl

of the grass. Fetching it to me with full hands, God beholds

blossoms, pearls, inner sea fold of pet-al, flower flesh —

what else did men name you centuries centuries”

A representative of the Denver-based not-for-profi t, Woman’s Development As-sociation, will talk about its work in Lahore, Pakistan, with indigent, illiterate women. A video will be played of a talk by member Josna Azim, who comes from a region near Malala’s. She is leaving Nov. 1, so her talk was recorded and her son, Asher Azim, will introduce it

Area high school poets have been invited to contribute work and read at the event, Winograd said.

Play gives one paws Actress plays stray dog in hit comedy ‘Sylvia’ By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

A.R. Gurney’s hit comedy “Sylvia” takes us to the New York apartment of empty-nesters Greg and Kate after Greg brings home a stray dog he has found in a nearby park.

Director Randal Myler, who helmed the well-received “Hank Williams: Lost Highways” last season at Lone Tree Arts Center, returns to direct “Sylvia,” which he did with success seven years ago for Denver Center Theatre Company. “Sylvia” plays at LTAC Nov. 7 to 17.

Kate, played by the skilled Kim Staunton, is loving the freedom of the Manhattan nest she’s dreamed about and enjoying a recharged career as a scholar. She is decidedly not in favor of a pet, but Greg, played by Jonathan C. Kaplan, is experiencing a midlife crisis and really bonds with the feisty Sylvia, played by ac-tress Jamie Ann Romero.

Confl ict continues, aided and abet-ted by the fourth cast member, who plays three distinct characters.

Veteran Denver Center Theatre Com-pany actor Randy Moore appears as a man in the park who advises Greg; a woman

friend of Kate who comes to visit and an androgynous psychologist the couple vis-its for marital counseling. All call for great comic skill, and Moore played the part(s) really well seven years ago.

“Sylvia” plays at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 13, 14; 8 p.m. Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16; 2 p.m. Nov. 13, 14 and at a special senior matinee ($25) on Nov. 7. Tickets start at $28, lonetree-artscenter.org, 720-509-1000. Note: rated PG, language not suitable for little people. Sylvia speaks her mind.

Jamie Ann Romero will portray the stray dog that comes between Kate and Greg in A.R. Gurney’s play, “Sylvia,” running Nov. 7-17 at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photo

Voltaire’s world“Light” by Jean-Claude van Itallie is a

play about Voltaire and the Age of Reason, performed in environmental style in the elegant reception Room of the historic Grant Humphries Mansion, 770 Pennsyl-vania St., Denver. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays Nov. 6-24. Cast members portray three 18th-century superstars: Voltaire, Frederick the Great and Emelie du Chatelet. Ed Osborn is director. Tickets: $18/$16, 303-620-4933 (Byers-Evans Museum).

Dinner party of secrets“Rancho Mirage,” a new work by well-

known playwright Steven Dietz, plays Nov. 2 to Dec. 7 at Curious Theatre, 1080

S. Acoma St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays (no performance on Thanksgiv-ing, Nov. 28). Chip Walton directs this tale about six friends gathering for a fi nal din-ner party. Tickets: $18-$44. 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.

Idealistic missionaries“The Book of Mormon” by Robert

Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone plays at the Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, through Nov. 24. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets: $40 and up. 303-893-4100, denvercenter.org.

Brian Friel’s play at Arvada“Dancing at Lughnasa” by Irish

playwright Bran Friel is presented by 11 minutes Theatre Company at the Arvada Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Nov. 1-16. Janine Kehlenbach is the director. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, Thursday, Nov. 14; 2 p.m. Nov. 3 and Nov. 10. Tickets: $20, check or cash at the door, 720-333-3499, [email protected].

Equinox concludes cult season“Carrie: the Musical,” based on Stephen

King’s novel, “Carrie,” with music by Law-rence D. Cohen, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, music by Michael Gore pays Nov. 8 to 30 at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Presented by Equinox Theatre Company, directed by Colin Roybal. Nov. 8 will be prom night with Carrie — the audience is

encouraged to wear prom attire to a festive opening night. Tickets: $20 advance, $22 at the door, EquinoxTheatreDenver.com. For mature audiences.

American playwrightsVisionbox, a professional actors’ studio

and intermedia production company, presents a free event, “The American Real-ism Project,” on Nov. 3 at 910 Arts, Skylite Station, 910 Santa Fe Dr., Denver. Acting students have studied American play-wrights of the 20th century with Jennifer McCray Rincon, formerly head of acting at the National Theatre Conservatory in Den-ver (1991-2008). The program is free. Nova Catering will have food available. Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 6:30 p.m. 720-810-1641, visionbox.org.

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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE

Lone TreeNOTICE OF SALE

RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHEDPURSUANT TO

CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II)Public Trustee Sale No. 2012-0977

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/1/2013the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: MARTIN PERLMUTTERAND MARY PERLMUTTEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSBCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: AU-RORA BANK FSBDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/30/2005Recording Date of DOT: 7/1/2005Reception No. of DOT: 2005059656DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $355,250.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $355,250.00Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: The terms of said Deed of Trusthave been violated as the required pay-ments have not been made when due.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 11, BLOCK 3, LONE TREE FILINGNO. 3, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RE-CORDED JULY 18, 1983 AT RECEP-TION NO. 308021, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 9479 Oak-brush Way, Lone Tree, CO 80124

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, December 4, 2013, at the PublicTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, CastleRock, Colorado, I will sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 10/17/2013Last Publication: 11/14/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/1/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:TONI M.N. DALEColorado Registration #: 30580355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250,LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228Phone #:Fax #:Attorney File #: 12-9249*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/

Legal Notice No.: 2012-0977First Publication: 10/17/2013Last Publication: 11/14/2013Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0540

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/14/2013the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.O r i g i n a l G r a n t o r : W I L L I A M M .BALKOVATZ JR . AND EVAN S .BALKOVATZOriginal Beneficiary: CITIMORTGAGE,INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:CITIMORTGAGE, INC.Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2005Recording Date of DOT: 7/14/2005Reception No. of DOT: 2005064192**DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $430,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $430,000.00Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay monthly install-ments due Note Holder.**MODIFIEDTHROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATIONAGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 24,2011.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 9, THE FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 9482 Green Is-land Place, Lone Tree, CO 80124

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, December 4, 2013, at the PublicTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, CastleRock, Colorado, I will sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 10/10/2013Last Publication: 11/7/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/14/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:TONI DALEColorado Registration #: 30580355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250,LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228Phone #: (303) 274-0155Fax #: (303) 274-0159Attorney File #: 13-049-25011*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


Public Trustees

PUBLIC NOTICE



To Whom It May Concern: On 8/14/2013the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.O r i g i n a l G r a n t o r : W I L L I A M M .BALKOVATZ JR . AND EVAN S .BALKOVATZOriginal Beneficiary: CITIMORTGAGE,INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:CITIMORTGAGE, INC.Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/24/2005Recording Date of DOT: 7/14/2005Reception No. of DOT: 2005064192**DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $430,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $430,000.00Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay monthly install-ments due Note Holder.**MODIFIEDTHROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATIONAGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 24,2011.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 9, THE FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 9482 Green Is-land Place, Lone Tree, CO 80124

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, December 4, 2013, at the PublicTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, CastleRock, Colorado, I will sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 10/10/2013Last Publication: 11/7/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/14/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:TONI DALEColorado Registration #: 30580355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250,LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228Phone #: (303) 274-0155Fax #: (303) 274-0159Attorney File #: 13-049-25011*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


PUBLIC NOTICE



To Whom It May Concern: On 8/28/2013the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: CURTIS K LIGGETTOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR M&I BANK FSBCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: JP-MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATIONDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/10/2008Recording Date of DOT: 12/22/2008Reception No. of DOT: 2008085561DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $382,580.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $375,574.46Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 52, THE FAIRWAYS, FILING 1-B,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 9677 ColinadeDr, Lone Tree, CO 80124

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, December 18, 2013, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 10/24/2013Last Publication: 11/21/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/29/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABERColorado Registration #: 34145999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #: (303) 865-1400Fax #: (303) 865-1410Attorney File #: 13-05106*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


Public Trustees

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/28/2013the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: CURTIS K LIGGETTOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR M&I BANK FSBCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: JP-MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATIONDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/10/2008Recording Date of DOT: 12/22/2008Reception No. of DOT: 2008085561DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $382,580.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $375,574.46Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 52, THE FAIRWAYS, FILING 1-B,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 9677 ColinadeDr, Lone Tree, CO 80124

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, December 18, 2013, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 10/24/2013Last Publication: 11/21/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/29/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABERColorado Registration #: 34145999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #: (303) 865-1400Fax #: (303) 865-1410Attorney File #: 13-05106*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


Misc. Private Legals Public Notice

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT4000 Justice WayCastle Rock, CO

Douglas County, CO 80109

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF COLORADOIn the Interest of:RUTH BLAKLEY, DOB: 7/5/1996A Child,And concerning:ELIZABETH ANN BLAKLEY, Mother,And MIGUEL EDWARD MAYZES,Father,And LINDA BLAKLEY, Maternal GrandmotherRespondents.

Counsel for Douglas County Departmentof Human ServicesJohn Thirkell4400 Castleton Ct.Castle Rock, CO 80109303-663-7726303-688-5894 (fax)[email protected]

Case Number: 13JV123 * Division 2

DEPENDENCY SUMMONSThis Summons is initiated pursuant toRules 2.2 and 4.2 of the Colorado Rulesof Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Col-orado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Sec-tion 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2013.

TO MIGUEL EDWARD MAYZES: Youare hereby notified that a petition hasbeen filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neg-lected based upon the factual allegationsand legal definitions of dependency orneglect set forth in the Dependency andNeglect Petition, a copy of which is servedsimultaneously with this DependencySummons and additional copies of whichmay be obtained at the office of John Thir-kell, at the above address.

A Return of Service and AdvisementHearing has been set for November 18,2013 at 3:30 p.m. in Division 2, DouglasCounty District Court, 4000 JusticeWay, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is re-quired to defend against the claims in thispetition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THECOURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR AB-SENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE,TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORYHEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDG-MENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJU-DICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DE-PENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

You have the right to request a trial by juryat the adjudicatory stage of this petition.You also have the right to legal represent-ation at every stage of the proceedings bycounsel of your own choosing, or if youare without sufficient financial means andmeet the indigency guidelines establishedby the Colorado Supreme Court, appoint-ment of counsel by the Court at state ex-pense. Termination of your parent-childlegal relationship to free your child for ad-option is a possible remedy in this pro-ceeding. If that remedy is pursued, youare entitled to a hearing before a Judge.You also have the right, if you are indi-gent, to have the Court appoint, at no ex-pense to you, one expert witness of yourown choosing at any hearing on the ter-mination of your parent-child relationship.If you are a minor, you have the right tothe appointment of a Guardian ad litem torepresent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matterheard by a district court judge rather thanby the magistrate. You may waive thatright, and in doing so, you will be boundby the findings and recommendations ofthe magistrate, subject to review asprovided by section 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S.2013, and subsequently, to the right of ap-peal as provided by Colorado AppellateRule 3.4.

Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juven-ile Procedure provides for the followingadvisement about dependency and neg-lect cases:

(a) At the first appearance before thecourt, the respondent(s) shall be fully ad-vised by the court as to all rights and thepossible consequences of a finding that achild is dependent or neglected. The courtshall make certain that the respondent(s)understand the following:(1) The nature of the allegations con-tained in the petition;(2) As a party to the proceeding, the rightto counsel;(3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent,guardian, or legal custodian, and is indi-gent, the respondent may be assignedcounsel as provided by law.(4) The right to a trial by jury;(5) That any admission to the petitionmust be voluntary;(6) The general dispositional alternativesavailable to the court if the petition is sus-tained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508,C.R.S.;(7) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship is a possible remedywhich is available if the petition is sus-tained;(8) That if a motion to terminate the par-ent-child legal relationship is filed, thecourt will set a separate hearing at whichthe allegations of the motion must beproven by clear and convincing evidence;(9) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship means that the subjectchild would be available for adoption;(10) That any party has the right to ap-peal any final decision made by the court;and(11) That if the petition is admitted, thecourt is not bound by any promises or rep-resentations made by anyone about dis-positional alternatives selected by thecourt.(b) The respondent(s), after being ad-vised, shall admit or deny the allegationsof the petition.(c) If a respondent(s) admits the allega-tions in the petition, the court may acceptthe admission after making the followingfinding:(1) That the respondent(s) understand hisor her rights, the allegations contained inthe petition, and the effect of the admis-sion;(2) That the admission is voluntary.(d) Notwithstanding any provision of thisRule to the contrary, the court may advisea non-appearing respondent(s) pursuantto this Rule in writing and may accept awritten admission to the petition if the re-spondent has affirmed under oath that therespondent(s) understands the advise-ment and the consequences of the admis-sion, and if, based upon such sworn state-ment, the court is able to make the find-ings set forth in part (c) of this Rule.

This summons is being initiated by theDouglas County Department of HumanServices through its counsel.

Dated: October 22, 2013John Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney

Legal Notice No.: 924321First Publication: October 31, 2013Last Publication: October 31, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals




Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juven-ile Procedure provides for the followingadvisement about dependency and neg-lect cases:

(a) At the first appearance before thecourt, the respondent(s) shall be fully ad-vised by the court as to all rights and thepossible consequences of a finding that achild is dependent or neglected. The courtshall make certain that the respondent(s)understand the following:(1) The nature of the allegations con-tained in the petition;(2) As a party to the proceeding, the rightto counsel;(3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent,guardian, or legal custodian, and is indi-gent, the respondent may be assignedcounsel as provided by law.(4) The right to a trial by jury;(5) That any admission to the petitionmust be voluntary;(6) The general dispositional alternativesavailable to the court if the petition is sus-tained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508,C.R.S.;(7) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship is a possible remedywhich is available if the petition is sus-tained;(8) That if a motion to terminate the par-ent-child legal relationship is filed, thecourt will set a separate hearing at whichthe allegations of the motion must beproven by clear and convincing evidence;(9) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship means that the subjectchild would be available for adoption;(10) That any party has the right to ap-peal any final decision made by the court;and(11) That if the petition is admitted, thecourt is not bound by any promises or rep-resentations made by anyone about dis-positional alternatives selected by thecourt.(b) The respondent(s), after being ad-vised, shall admit or deny the allegationsof the petition.(c) If a respondent(s) admits the allega-tions in the petition, the court may acceptthe admission after making the followingfinding:(1) That the respondent(s) understand hisor her rights, the allegations contained inthe petition, and the effect of the admis-sion;(2) That the admission is voluntary.(d) Notwithstanding any provision of thisRule to the contrary, the court may advisea non-appearing respondent(s) pursuantto this Rule in writing and may accept awritten admission to the petition if the re-spondent has affirmed under oath that therespondent(s) understands the advise-ment and the consequences of the admis-sion, and if, based upon such sworn state-ment, the court is able to make the find-ings set forth in part (c) of this Rule.


Dated: October 22, 2013John Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney


Public Notice

District Court, DouglasCounty, Colorado

Court Address: 4000 Justice WayCastle Rock, CO 80109

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF COLORADOIn the interest of:Briana Fittje, D.O.B. 07/01/2001andBrooklyn Fittje, D.O.B. 06/03/2006

and ConcerningJennifer Nicole Fittje, Mother,Jason Michael Bernstein,Father of Briana,andJeffrey Matthew Rayfield,Father of Brooklyn, Respondents,




TO JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD:You are hereby notified that a petition hasbeen filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neg-lected based upon the factual allegationsand legal definitions of dependency orneglect set forth in the Dependency andNeglect Petition, a copy of which is servedsimultaneously with this DependencySummons and additional copies of whichmay be obtained at the office of John Thir-kell, at the above address.

A Return of Service and AdvisementHearing has been set for November 18,2013 at 10:30 a.m. in Division 2,Douglas County District Court, 4000Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado,80109.



Public Notice

District Court, DouglasCounty, Colorado

Court Address: 4000 Justice WayCastle Rock, CO 80109

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF COLORADOIn the interest of:Briana Fittje, D.O.B. 07/01/2001andBrooklyn Fittje, D.O.B. 06/03/2006

and ConcerningJennifer Nicole Fittje, Mother,Jason Michael Bernstein,Father of Briana,andJeffrey Matthew Rayfield,Father of Brooklyn, Respondents,




TO JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD:You are hereby notified that a petition hasbeen filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neg-lected based upon the factual allegationsand legal definitions of dependency orneglect set forth in the Dependency andNeglect Petition, a copy of which is servedsimultaneously with this DependencySummons and additional copies of whichmay be obtained at the office of John Thir-kell, at the above address.

A Return of Service and AdvisementHearing has been set for November 18,2013 at 10:30 a.m. in Division 2,Douglas County District Court, 4000Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado,80109.




Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juven-ile Procedure provides for the followingadvisement about dependency and neg-lect cases:(a) At the first appearance before thecourt, the respondent(s) shall be fully ad-vised by the court as to all rights and thepossible consequences of a finding that achild is dependent or neglected. The courtshall make certain that the respondent(s)understand the following:(1) The nature of the allegations con-tained in the petition;(2) As a party to the proceeding, the rightto counsel;(3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent,guardian, or legal custodian, and is indi-gent, the respondent may be assignedcounsel as provided by law.(4) The right to a trial by jury;(5) That any admission to the petitionmust be voluntary;(6) The general dispositional alternativesavailable to the court if the petition is sus-tained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508,C.R.S.;(7) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship is a possible remedywhich is available if the petition is sus-tained;(8) That if a motion to terminate the par-ent-child legal relationship is filed, thecourt will set a separate hearing at whichthe allegations of the motion must beproven by clear and convincing evidence;(9) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship means that the subjectchild would be available for adoption;(10) That any party has the right to ap-peal any final decision made by the court;and(11) That if the petition is admitted, thecourt is not bound by any promises or rep-resentations made by anyone about dis-positional alternatives selected by thecourt.(b) The respondent(s), after being ad-vised, shall admit or deny the allegationsof the petition.(c) If a respondent(s) admits the allega-tions in the petition, the court may acceptthe admission after making the followingfinding:(1) That the respondent(s) understand hisor her rights, the allegations contained inthe petition, and the effect of the admis-sion;(2) That the admission is voluntary.(d) Notwithstanding any provision of thisRule to the contrary, the court may advisea non-appearing respondent(s) pursuantto this Rule in writing and may accept awritten admission to the petition if the re-spondent has affirmed under oath that therespondent(s) understands the advise-ment and the consequences of the admis-sion, and if, based upon such sworn state-ment, the court is able to make the find-ings set forth in part (c) of this Rule.


Dated: October 22, 2013s//John ThirkellJohn Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney

I, JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD, freelyand voluntarily waive the right to be per-sonally served with this Summons by aSheriff’s Deputy or Process Server in or-der to be sensitive to the need to pre-serve government resources and taxpay-er funds and agree to appear at the timeand place indicated to testify.

Date: Jeffrey Matthew Rayfield





Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juven-ile Procedure provides for the followingadvisement about dependency and neg-lect cases:(a) At the first appearance before thecourt, the respondent(s) shall be fully ad-vised by the court as to all rights and thepossible consequences of a finding that achild is dependent or neglected. The courtshall make certain that the respondent(s)understand the following:(1) The nature of the allegations con-tained in the petition;(2) As a party to the proceeding, the rightto counsel;(3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent,guardian, or legal custodian, and is indi-gent, the respondent may be assignedcounsel as provided by law.(4) The right to a trial by jury;(5) That any admission to the petitionmust be voluntary;(6) The general dispositional alternativesavailable to the court if the petition is sus-tained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508,C.R.S.;(7) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship is a possible remedywhich is available if the petition is sus-tained;(8) That if a motion to terminate the par-ent-child legal relationship is filed, thecourt will set a separate hearing at whichthe allegations of the motion must beproven by clear and convincing evidence;(9) That termination of the parent-childlegal relationship means that the subjectchild would be available for adoption;(10) That any party has the right to ap-peal any final decision made by the court;and(11) That if the petition is admitted, thecourt is not bound by any promises or rep-resentations made by anyone about dis-positional alternatives selected by thecourt.(b) The respondent(s), after being ad-vised, shall admit or deny the allegationsof the petition.(c) If a respondent(s) admits the allega-tions in the petition, the court may acceptthe admission after making the followingfinding:(1) That the respondent(s) understand hisor her rights, the allegations contained inthe petition, and the effect of the admis-sion;(2) That the admission is voluntary.(d) Notwithstanding any provision of thisRule to the contrary, the court may advisea non-appearing respondent(s) pursuantto this Rule in writing and may accept awritten admission to the petition if the re-spondent has affirmed under oath that therespondent(s) understands the advise-ment and the consequences of the admis-sion, and if, based upon such sworn state-ment, the court is able to make the find-ings set forth in part (c) of this Rule.


Dated: October 22, 2013s//John ThirkellJohn Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney

I, JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD, freelyand voluntarily waive the right to be per-sonally served with this Summons by aSheriff’s Deputy or Process Server in or-der to be sensitive to the need to pre-serve government resources and taxpay-er funds and agree to appear at the timeand place indicated to testify.

Date: Jeffrey Matthew Rayfield


Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

A public hearing will be held on Novem-ber 18, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. before theDouglas County Planning Commissionand on December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m.before the Douglas County Board ofCounty Commissioners, in the Commis-sioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street,Castle Rock, CO, to consider a majoramendment to the Highlands RanchPlanned Development and a waiver tosome of the major amendment noticing re-quirements. The proposed amendment isto Section XV, Signs, subsection D., Non-residential Area Signs to include provi-sions that specifically allow window signs.For more information call Douglas CountyPlanning Services at 303-660-7460.File No./Name: DR2013-001/HighlandsRanch Planned Development 68thAmendment


Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

A public hearing will be held on Novem-ber 18, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. before theDouglas County Planning Commissionand on December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m.before the Douglas County Board ofCounty Commissioners, in the Commis-sioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street,Castle Rock, CO. The hearings are forproposed amendments to the DouglasCounty Zoning Resolution related to sig-nage and lighting, and affect the followingSections:

Section 29, Sign StandardsSection 30, Lighting StandardsSection 36, Definitions

For more specific information, call Mi-chael Cairy, Zoning Compliance Manager,Douglas County Planning Services Divi-sion at 303-660-7460 regarding fi le#DR2011-011.


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Ceramics offered at one-day sale Stoneware ideal for home use or holiday gi� s By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@ourcolorado news.com

Ceramic art is an an-cient craft, dating back to B.C. days, but it is still a sat-isfying outlet for creative people and contemporary pottery is a desired addi-tion to many homes.

Eight local potters who met in Sally Burns’ Mon-day class at Goodson Rec-reation Center have orga-nized their second pottery sale and chosen a group name: Clay Crafters. (Burns has also taught at the Chey-enne Studio at Highlands Ranch’s Southridge Recre-ation Center.)

Participants are: Diane Gaither, three years’ expe-rience; Barb Grohoski, 30-plus years; Peg Redding, four-plus years; Don Ryan, 30-plus years; Kathryn Schindler, 30-plus years; Matthew Hammer, 28-plus years; Cathy Benn, 10-plus years; and Cindy Ellingboe,

eight years. (Hammer and Gaither are not in the cur-rent class but are group members.)

Gaither is also a bee-keeper and will have some of her honey for sale.

They will exhibit hand-made functional and deco-rative stoneware, includ-ing some Raku pieces and sculpture — ideal for home use or for holiday gifts.

The sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Heritage Greens Community Room (next to the pool). The address is 4818 E. Links Circle, Centennial. (It can be reached from Colorado Boulevard and Links Park-way, or from Holly and Otero. Google suggested.)

In addition to the Mon-day Daytime Continuing Wheel Pottery, there is an evening continuing class and there are Introduction to Pottery classes day and evening. The Clay Crafters have graduated to using the studio as their lab, and they fi re bisque and glazed pieces there. Some also cre-ate pieces at home studios. See the SSPR catalog for class information, sspr.org.

Food is focus at museum talk Pierre Wolfe is longtime chef, media personality By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

Pierre Wolfe, Denver area chef and me-dia personality for more than half a cen-tury (including an early Littleton stint), will share memories and stories at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Littleton Museum in a free program. The event is sponsored by the museum, Historic Littleton Inc. and Friends of the Littleton Library/Museum.

Wolfe was born in Berlin of Alsatian de-scent and moved to Colorado in 1950 after serving with the Allied forces in North Afri-ca and the Middle East as a 16-year-old. His fi rst Denver job was at the Brown Palace.

In 1952, he became chef at the Patio La-

maze Restaurant at Belleview and Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. (Renamed The Patio in 1953.)

The restaurant offered a high-end menu: steak Diana, frog legs, Chateau-briand, Parisian chicken, bananas Foster, Cherries Jubilee — many items were served, or at least fl amed, at tableside, a bit of show-manship he took with him when he moved to the Quorum, near the Capitol in Denver in 1960.

Well-known guests were found at the Patio frequently, and a highlight was a press dinner for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower on June 25, 1952, when he was campaign-ing for president. Press secretary James Hagerty was the planner. Wolfe discussed

his military service in North Africa with the general.

The dinner menu was printed by the Lit-tleton Independent on 4½-inch wide satin ribbon. Wolfe treasures a sample signed by Dwight and Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

In 1956, Wolfe met his wife-to-be, Jean Brown, with whom he has traveled widely — the equivalent of four circles around the globe, he says.

He logged more than 40 years in the res-taurant business in Denver, including The Normandy and Tante Louise after the Quo-rum. He retired in 2000 and has published two books and kept a radio show going since then, as he and his wife traveled. (He has served as guest chef on cruise liners en route.)

He has broadcast his radio shows from around the world since he began in 1956 in Denver. He currently has a nationally syn-

dicated Sunday af-ternoon show, where he hosts guest ex-perts from food and travel fi elds.

Wolfe published his fi rst book, “Taste-fully Yours,” in 2002 (out of print, but available at Bemis Library).

It is a history of Denver restaurants, with menus, gossip and critiques and some recipes. He ac-knowledged many friends who were sourc-es for his extensive material — and said “if the recipes don’t work, call them, not me!”

His latest book, “The Tall Fellows,” is a novel that grew out of his war experiences. (Copies will be available.)

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IF YOU GOChef, media person-

ality and author Pierre Wolfe will speak at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Lit-tleton, at 7 p.m. Nov. 6. Admission is free. 303-795-3950.

HAVE A STORY IDEA?Email your ideas to Lone Tree Community Editor Jane Reuter at [email protected] or call her at 303-566-4106.


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Spotlight stages classic whodunitAgatha Christie play at John Hand TheaterBy Sonya [email protected]

Dame Agatha Christie’s plays and novels age well — loaded with red herrings and quaint characters, they carry an audience along, even though one may recall the story somewhat.

Each actor’s portrayal is different and entertaining, so it’s no wonder theater companies choose these scripts so often through the years. She is the all-time best-selling novelist in the world.

Spotlight Theatre Company has chosen “Witness for the Prosecution” and man-aged a clever staging, given very limited space at the John Hand Theater.

Place: London; time: 1950s.Experienced director Linda Suttle of Lit-

tleton said: “I love Agatha Christie because her stories always surprise me. Lots of

twists and turns along the way, red herrings that take you down the wrong road and then the answer that you can’t see coming. Great fun!”

Wealthy Emily French is found mur-dered, and soon after the play opens, we hear Leonard Vole (Thomas Jennings) say-ing “my wife thinks I’m going to be arrest-ed.”

He has visited oh-so-proper lawyer Sir Wilfrid Roberts, QC (Ken Street) in his quarters, asking advice and defense ser-vices. (We were told that QC means Queen’s Court — i.e. a lawyer.)

Vole had aided Miss French with her business affairs and had been a friend — and he is named sole heir in her will, which had been changed recently. Hmmmm.

It seems he had visited Miss French earlier in the evening in question, but claimed to be home at the estimated time of the murder. No problem, they figure — his haughty German wife Romaine (Kelly Uhlenhopp) can provide an alibi.

However, she has other ideas, and takes

the stand as a wit-ness for the pros-ecution, overseen by Mr. Myers, QC (John Gleason) in the courtroom in Act II.

For those who enjoy sharply word-ed trial scenes, this is a good one.

We hear clever arguments from the lawyers and meet other characters, including a seri-ously quirky Janet MacKenzie, Miss French’s house-keeper, played by the rubber-faced Katie Mangett.

One has to pay attention as claims and counterclaims fly across the stage. Enjoy an entertaining visit with an old friend who is full of surprises.

Thomas Jennings and Kelly Uhlenhopp play Leonard Vole and his wife, Romaine, in “Witness for the Prosecution,” directed by Linda Suttle of Littleton. Courtesy photo by Meg Ralph/Soular Radiant Photography

IF YOU GO“Witness for the

Prosecution” by Ag-atha Christie plays through Nov. 9 at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. (A good map is on the theater web-site if you’ve yet to visit.) Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sun-days. Tickets: $20/$18, thisisspotlight.com, 720-880-8727.

Any clay, shape or form at pottery salePlatters, pitchers, plates, pots, mugs,

casserole dishes, vases, bowls, butter dish-es, goblets and more …

It’s time for the annual Colorado Pot-ters Guild show and sale, to be held Nov. 7, 8 and 9 at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3601 S. Colorado Blvd., south of Hampden Avenue in Cherry Hills Village.

The group’s members work through the year in a historic former Denver dairy, and each year they hold two sales for the com-munity.

Each artist has a distinctive style, so a visitor to the sale can see a broad spectrum of techniques, shapes and glazes.

Hours: 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 7; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 8; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 9.

Not ‘once upon a time’The Parker Writers Group will welcome

published authors Anne MacFarlane, Mi-chelle Major and Lana Williams in an in-teractive workshop called “Opening Your Story With Power” from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 10.

The group meets in Meeting Room A at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker. All are welcome, no registration necessary. Explore tips on creating charac-ters and a vivid setting as well as the open-ers. Bring a page with the first 120 words if you wish.

‘Books, Bites and Brews’Douglas County Libraries hosts “Books,

Bites and Brews” from 4 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9 at Cielo at Castle Pines, 485 W. Happy Can-yon Road, Castle Rock. The event includes: tastes and demos from locally written cookbooks, local chefs, beverage sam-pling from local breweries, cookbooks on sale and, for a $30 ticket, one can choose

between two sessions: Amy Stewart (“The Drunken Botanist”) will discuss “The Bot-any of the Margarita;; or attend a beer and food pairing from Cicerone Sarah Johnson of Mandalay Bay. Reserve space at doug-lascountylibraries.org.

Frog and Toad“A Year With Frog and Toad,” based on

the favorite book by Lobel, will be present-ed for families by Christian Youth Theatre at the Parker Mainstreet Center, 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Performances: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1 for students and seniors; 7 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2; 2 p.m. Nov. 2; 3 p.m. Nov. 3. Information and tickets: cytdenver.org.

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rock Canyon girls finish fifth at statePhoebe Schneider paces Jaguars in Colorado SpringsBy Scott StockerSpecial to Colorado Community Media

Arapahoe’s Emily Wolff finished ninth in a time of 19:32.7 at the Class 5A state cross country meet Oct. 26 in Colorado Springs. She was confident coming in, but knew the competition was going to be strong.

“I love this course and it’s exciting being here,” Wolff said. “I felt confident on the first mile and on the hill and that’s where you have to concentrate. The first mile I was running in the top 10 and I was able to stay there. You just can’t worry, you have to stay focused, and I think I was able to be accomplished here.”

Rock Canyon finished in fifth in the team standings with 248 points. The Jag-uars were led by senior Phoebe Schneider who was 29th (20:12.2) and sophomore Mackenna Balman, 32nd (20:15.9).

Monarch won its third straight Class 5A state title. The Coyotes placed six runners among the top 27, scoring 49 points, to run away with the championship.

In the process, Monarch placed three runners in the top 10 with fifth-place Ash-ley Litoff leading the way with a time of 19 minutes, 9.2 seconds. Fort Collins, led by champion Lauren Gregory, finished second with 85 points followed by Cherry Creek in third with 112.

Cherry Creek’s third-place effort was paced by sophomore Lillian Markush, who finished in 12th (19:42.6) and freshman Devon Peterson, 14th (19:48.3).

Rock Canyon senior Phoebe Schneider runs toward the finish line during the state cross country meet on Oct. 26 at the Norris-Penrose Event Center. Photo by Kate Ferraro

Mountain Vista runs to a repeatBoys again win Class 5A cross country championshipBy Scott StockerSpecial to Colorado Community Media

Mountain Vista knew the pressure would be on throughout the season after having won the Class 5A boys state cross country title a year ago. Yet it was that pres-sure that, more than anything, seemed to lift the Golden Eagles to their second title.

Senior Connor Weaver led the way for Mountain Vista with his third-place finish in the individual competition behind Den-ver East’s explosive Cerake Beberkidane, and he turned in a close effort behind run-ner-up Zachary Alhamra of Pine Creek.

Beberkidane was clocked in a course record 15 minutes, 48.2 seconds over the challenging mountainous course at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Alhamra ran 16:29.0 with Weaver coming through with a 16:34.5.

That third-place finish helped key a second-straight state championship for Mountain Vista, coached by Jonathan Dal-by. The Golden Eagles tallied 110 points and were followed by Fort Collins (179) and Arapahoe (203).

“Back-to-back is cool and it’s something I will remember all my life,” Weaver said. “I hoped for second individually, but I’m not disappointed in third. I’m thrilled with the results for myself and our team and thrilled we won. After losing four seniors from last year’s team there were some doubts. But we put in a lot of hard work and we won.”

Andrew Walton, a senior, finished 21st with a time of 17:13.8 for the next high-est finish for Mountain Vista. Junior Tyler Matzke was 25th (17:16.8) and senior Blake Graff, 26th (17:16.9) to round out the scor-ing for the Golden Eagles.

“Overall this season we worked hard and we were able to focus,” said Walton, who would like to attend Brigham Young University as does Weaver. “We just wanted to do the right things every day and we felt confident. I wanted to do better individu-ally and it was not one of my better races. At the end of the hill I thought I might have more energy, but at the bottom I just didn’t seem to have a lot of energy left.

“It was always questionable that we would be able to repeat, but we knew we had the chance if we stayed focused,” Wal-ton said. “It was a fine ending to a fine year for all of us. Now, it’s get ready for track in

the spring.”Dalby felt from the beginning his squad

had a chance to repeat. But, he was cau-tious.

“We knew we had to go out,” Dalby said. “Arapahoe, Heritage and Fort Collins all looked good coming into state, too. I felt the kids had the chance to win, but they knew they had a target on their backs. We’ve been unbeaten all season and this was a great way to close out.

“The boys just ran well on the whole,” Dalby said. “It was a great run for Con-nor, but also for all the boys. The course is tough, but it turned out to be a special day for the kids. I was just excited for them. We’ll be heading to Arizona for the Nike Re-gional competition in Phoenix, Ariz., in a couple of weeks.”

Geberkindane, who placed third last season in state, was really never in trouble.

“I just wanted to get in the low 16 min-utes, but was able to push hard,” Geberkin-dane said. “I took the lead about 300 yards into the race and was able to extend. I wanted to get first or second last year, but didn’t as my brother Ashi was the champi-on. He’s now at Harvard. I trained hard and really wanted to win to continue the family

tradition.”Alhamra, a junior, and Weaver ran close

throughout the race. It was on the final stretch that he was able to prevail for sec-ond.

“I really didn’t feel any pressure to win

The Mountain Vista boys cross country team holds up their first place trophy at the state cross country meet Oct. 26 at the Norris-Penrose Event Center. Photo by Kate Ferraro

Class 5a boys state Cross County results

Team standings: Mountain Vista 110, Fort Collins 179, Arapahoe 203, Heritage 212, Cherry Creek 235, Chaparral 249, Monarch 263, Boulder 269, Smoky Hill 277, Pomona 282, Rock Canyon 310, Rocky Mountain 321, Rampart 331, Grand-view 402, Pine Creek 406, Thornton 407, Poudre 412, Fair-view 414, Denver East 417, Fossil Ridge 445, Cherokee Trail 460, Dakota Ridge 460, ThunderRidge 484, Mountain Range 488, Fruita-Monument 568.

Top 10 individuals: 1. Cerake Beberkidane, Den-ver East, 15:48.2. 2. Zachary Alhamra, Pine Creek, 16:29.0. 3. Connor Weaver, Mountain Vista, 16:34.5. 4. Joshua Jo-seph, Thornton, 16:40.4. 5. Sean Paiz, Thornton, 16:46.5. 6. Blake Yount, Smoky Hill, 16:47.9. 7. Ben Dingman, Rampart, 16:48.4. 8. Dom Compoz, Chaparral, 16:49.0. 9. Noah West-fall, Cherry Creek, 16:50.1. 10. Paul Miller, Poudre, 16:54.6.

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Class 5a girls state Cross County results

Team standings: Monarch 49, Fort Collins 85, Cherry Creek 112, Fairview 147, Rock Canyon 248, Pine Creek 248, Regis 290, Grandview 298, Fossil Ridge 317, Legacy 326, Ralston Valley 360, Smoky Hill 364, Mountain Vista 396, Cas-tle View 398, Arapahoe 429, Cherokee Trail 451, Dakota Ridge 451, Heritage 461, Rampart 471, Loveland 475, Rocky Moun-tain 491, Arvada West 499, Horizon 513, Littleton 711.

Top 10 individuals: 1. Lauren Gregory, Fort Col-lins, 18:36.9. 2. Erin McLaughlin, Boulder, 18:58.9. 3. Erin Nor-ton, Grandview, 19:05.6. 4. Maya Browning, Fairview, 19:08.9. 5. Ashley Litoff, Monarch, 19:09.2. 6. Isabelle Kennedy, Fair-view, 19:17.8. 7. Claire Green, Monarch, 19:23.0. 8. Kaitlyn Benner, Monarch, 19:26.5. 9. Emily Wolff, Arapahoe, 19:32.7. 10. Hannah McIntyre, Palmer, 19:37.2.


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Class 5A football: Teams get ready for playoffs Valor Christian looks for � � h consecutive state championship Sta� report

Watching Valor Christian’s football team

march through the state playoffs has be-come an annual event.

The Eagles have won four consecutive state titles, including their fi rst in Class 5A last season. Valor, the state’s top-ranked

team but second in the wild-card stand-ings used to determine the 32-team Class 5A playoff fi eld, is the No. 2 seed behind unbeaten Fairview.

The Eagles (8-1) will start their quest for more hardware Nov. 1, hosting a 7 p.m. fi rst-round game against No. 31 Eaglecrest.

Valor, an independent team with no league affi liation, opened the season by splitting two games against formable out-of-state opponents. In the past seven games against Colorado opposition, the Eagles have outscored the opposition 347-36.

Christian McCaffrey headlines the

Valor offense that is averaging 44.4 points a game. The senior has rushed for 1,007 yards and is averaging 12.28 yards per car-ry. He has caught 18 passes for 358 yards or 19.9 yards per catch and is averaging 176.6 all-purpose yards per game.

Linebacker Justin Falls is the leader with 58 total tackles on a defensive unit that has notched 11 sacks and 11 pass intercep-tions.

Other area teams advancing to the Class 5A playoffs include No. 3 Cherry Creek, No. 5 ThunderRidge, No. 16 Douglas County, No. 17 Legend, No. 18 Arapahoe, No. 22 Heritage and No. 32 Mountain Vista.

All the following fi rst-round games will be played Nov. 1.:

Cherry Creek (8-1) will entertain No. 30 Lakewood (3-6) at 7 p.m. No. 28 Castle View (4-5) goes to Shea Stadium for a 7 p.m. con-test against ThunderRidge (8-1).

Arapahoe (6-3) plays at Ralston Valley (6-3) at 4 p.m.

No. 17 Legend (6-3) plays No. 16 Douglas County (6-3) at Douglas County Stadium at 7 p.m. Heritage (5-4), the No. 22 seed, will be at No. 11 Mountain Range (8-1) at 7 p.m. No. 32 Mountain Vista (3-6) has the task of playing top-seeded Fairview (8-0) at Boul-der’s Recht Field at 7 p.m.

Falcons fall short in soccer playoffs East prevails with 2-1 win in 5A state match By Jim Benton [email protected]

Denver East has become a playoff nemesis for the Highlands Ranch boys soccer team.

The Angels scored on a second-half penalty kick and ousted the Falcons from the Class 5A state playoffs with a 2-1 victory Oct. 24 at Shea Stadium.

“It’s the second year in a row that Denver East has knocked us out,” said Highlands Ranch coach Danny Main. “They knocked us out in the quarters last year.

“I think we were a little tight thinking of that revenge factor and trying to alleviate that burden from last year. We weren’t as ag-gressive and seemed like we were running in quicksand.”

No. 19 seed Denver East domi-nated play with its ball control at-tack for parts of the game, but the Falcons, seeded No. 14, kept the match close with an excellent de-fensive effort and key stops from goalkeeper Tyler Londono, who fi nished with nine saves.

“Our defenders defi nitely kept us in the game,” said Main. “Den-ver East had a lot of athleticism. As a coach it’s hard to coach against that. We can manipulate players to different positions to alleviate skilled players, but against athlet-

ic players that is very hard.”Chase Keller put East ahead 1-0

in the 58th minute, but Highlands Ranch came back 48 seconds later on a goal by Kyle Diethorn to tie the match.

East was awarded a penalty kick for a holding foul in the penalty area, and Nick Verfail-lie scored the game-winner with 15:59 remaining in the game as the Falcons ended their season with a 10-5-1 record.

“That’s a disappointing to end a game like that,” said Main. “There was stuff on both ends that could have been called. It was de-cided to make a call at that point.”

In other Class 5A fi rst-round matches, No. 2 Rock Canyon (13-0-2) used a goal by Josh Kracke to edge No. 31 Doherty, 1-0. Mattia Cominelli’s overtime goal gave No. 26 Heritage (9-5-2) a 1-0 victory over No. 7 Fairview.

No. 18 Arapahoe (9-5-1) whipped No. 15 Fruita Monu-ment, 3-1. No. 23 Mountain Vista (9-5-2) won a shootout, 3-2, over No. 10 Montbello as keeper Mykell Allen came up with big saves. No. 13 Chatfi eld defeated No. 26 Littleton (9-5-1), 4-0, and No. 27 Poudre upset No. 6 Cherry Creek (10-6-0), 6-1.

Second-round games were to be played Oct. 30, after press time, with Rock Canyon going against Arapahoe and Mountain Vista challenging Continental League foe Heritage.

Highlands Ranch defender Davis Cook (18) battles a Denver East player for a loose ball. Davis won the battle but East won the Oct. 23 regional playo� game, 2-1. Photo by Tom Munds

Volleyball regionals set to start 5A, 4A winners will advance to state Sta� report

Arapahoe, Mountain Vista, Cherry Creek, Highlands Ranch, Ponderosa and Valor Christian will host the Nov. 2 state vol-leyball regionals.

Winners of the 12 three-team regional tournaments in Class 5A and 4A will ad-vance to the state tournament, which will be held Nov. 8-9 at the Denver Coliseum.


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MOUNTAIN VISTA HIGH SCHOOL

Cross Country

Cross Country State MeetMountain Vista won the 5A cross country title for the

second year in a row � nishing with 110 points. Senior Connor Weaver clocked a time of 16:34.5 for third place in the individuals. The girls team � nished in 14th place.

Boys Soccer

Mountain Vista 3, Montbello 2After a scoreless regulation period and two overtime pe-

riods, Mountain Vista beat Montbello in a shootout 3-2.

The Golden Eagles switched out goalkeepers as senior Mykel Allen played 70 minutes and junior Jake Huttoplayed for 40 minutes of the game.

ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL

Boys Soccer

Rock Canyon 1, Doherty 0Senior Josh Kracke scored the lone

goal in a 1-0 victory over Doherty in the � rst round of the boys soccer playo� s, keeping Rock Canyon undefeated. Rock Canyon moves on to play Arapahoe.

If they win, they play either Heritage or Mountain Vista.

THUNDERRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

Football

ThunderRidge 49, Mountain Vista 3ThunderRidge’s Steve Ray scored three touchdowns

and went 22-for-131 to help his team to a 49-3 victory over Mountain Vista. Senior Mark Hopper, junior Matt Stanley and sophomores Kevin Knox and Jon Jonesalso scored touchdowns in the game.

UPCOMING GAMES

Football

FRIDAY7 p.m. - Mountain Vista at Fairview @ Recht Field.7 p.m. - ThunderRidge vs. Castle View @ Shea Stadium

Boys Soccer

WEDNESDAY4:30 p.m. - Mountain Vista vs. Heritage @ Shea Stadium7 p.m. - Rock Canyon vs. Arapahoe @ Shea StadiumSATURDAYTBA - Rock Canyon vs. Heritage or Mountain Vista (if nec-essary)TBA - Mountain Vista vs. Rock Canyon or Arapahoe (if nec-essary)

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Falcons fall short in soccer playoffs Volleyball regionals set to start 5A, 4A winners will advance to state Sta� report

Arapahoe, Mountain Vista, Cherry Creek, Highlands Ranch, Ponderosa and Valor Christian will host the Nov. 2 state vol-leyball regionals.

Winners of the 12 three-team regional tournaments in Class 5A and 4A will ad-vance to the state tournament, which will be held Nov. 8-9 at the Denver Coliseum.

Arapahoe, the No. 2 seed in the Class 5A regional format, will compete in a pool with No. 23 Brighton and No. 35 Boulder.

No. 5 Mountain Vista will entertain No. 20 ThunderRidge and No. 32 Palmer. No. 19 Chaparral and No. 31 Gateway will be at No. 6 Cherry Creek.

Highlands Ranch will host the Region 11 tournament that will include No. 14 Chero-kee Trail and No. 26 Douglas County.

No. 24 Heritage will be in the Region 1 pool at top-seeded Grandview. No. 36 Da-kota Ridge will also be the pool. No. 21 Cas-tle View will be at No. 4 Regis Jesuit along

with No. 33 Rangeview. No. 29 Legend and Nov. 17 Rocky Mountain will travel to No. 8 Doherty.

In Class 4A regionals, No. 8 Ponderosa will face No. 17 Mead and No. 29 Broom-fi eld, while No. 12 Valor will have matches against No. 13 Windsor and No. 25 Mesa Ridge.

State gymnastics on tapCherry Creek and Ponderosa qualifi ed

their teams for the Class 5A state girls gym-nastics meet, Nov. 1-2 at Thornton High School.

Creek fi nished second in the Region 1 meet Oct. 23 at Cherry Creek. Ponderosa was fourth, but scored high enough to ad-vance to state.

Cherry Creek junior Sela Buted was an individual regional champion on the beam.

Elizabeth, the Class 4A defending state champion, won the Region 1 meet at Cher-ry Creek and headlines the teams advanc-ing to state.

Senior Emily Reynolds was the region-al all-around and beam champion while classmate Haily Breikss won the vault com-petition.

and it’s an honor to fi nish second,” Alhamra said. “Cerake is such a strong runner and it was going to be challenge from the start just to stay close to him. That last half-mile was

tough against Connor. But I was able to pull it out.”

One can say that Arapahoe fi nished third in the team competition in “the Nick of time.”

The Warriors were helped along by three runners named Nick, and by Chris Retzlaff, Steven Goldy and Louis Hood. The Nicks are seniors Nick Petersen (31st, 17:19.1) and

Nick Moore (48th, 17:30.1) and sophomore Nick Maddalone (44th, 17:28.1).

“It was good with stiff competition,” Pe-tersen said. “That hill was tough. After we calmed down it went well. We’re all close and that certainly was a key to our success. Third, not bad, today.”

“We all came out with grit and, of course, to try and run our hardest,” Maddalone

said. “We all challenge each other, too, and that’s a key for us. It was a good day. Moun-tain Vista’s tough, but we knew what to ex-pect.”

Added Moore, “I was our second year to be here and we started kind of cautious. We just wanted to make sure we were up with the leaders and to try and stay in striking distance.”


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