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Lone Tree 9-12-2013
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September 12, 2013 A Colorado Community Media Publication
Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 35
Printed on recycled newsprint. Pleaserecycle this copy.
CSU plans to initiate area classesNo specific location announced for program starting in JanuaryBy Jennifer Smithjsmith@ourcoloradonews.com
Colorado State University announced Sept. 5 that it is moving ahead with plans to launch a “significant presence” in the south metro Denver area early next year.
“The CSU South Metro Denver pres-ence is one of the last essential elements for us to prosper economically in this global environment,” John Brackney, president of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, said in a news release. “We are deeply appreciative of CSU for its desire to leverage the strength of our businesses community, specifically in relationship to STEM disciplines, and for considering the possibilities of cooperative education in di-rect partnership with major employers.”
The first classes will begin in January and are part of a systems-engineering mas-ter’s degree program. No specific location has been announced. CSU spokesman Kyle Henley said university officials are working with a number of local tech companies in hopes of utilizing their training facilities for those classes.
Ronald M. Sega, CSU’s vice president and enter-prise executive for energy and the environment, will serve as a liaison to the business communi-ty and as the lead academic adviser. Sega is a former NASA astronaut and retired major general in the Air Force.
“One of the real opportunities of the CSU-South Metro project is to provide key graduate-level programs that clearly fill strategic needs for the region’s business community,” Sega said. “I’m looking for-ward to meeting with our corporate part-ners in the coming weeks and months to discuss how we can serve them and support the region’s strong track record of economic growth.”
In fall of 2014, CSU will add four-year degrees in business and nursing, and more as demand is realized. But Henley said the intent is not to compete with local commu-nity colleges, and that CSU has in fact been working closely with Arapahoe Community College in Littleton and other higher-edu-cation institutions in the area.
“We’ve had a lot of conversations with ACC and continue to work closely with them,” said Henley. “We see a lot of very promising relationships, and we’re going to continue to talk with them.”
CSU System Chancellor Mike Martin said partnering with community colleges means graduates don’t have to leave Den-ver or commute to continue their college education.
In addition, it will help keep CSU’s start-up costs low, eliminate overlap and help guide two-year graduates toward a bach-elor’s degree. CSU hopes to build a perma-nent facility in the region in the next three
Brackney
CSU continues on Page 15
Hot temperatures and cool water brought hundreds of Lone Tree-area dogs and their owners to Cook Creek Pool on Lone Tree Parkway for the Sept. 7 Wag-n-Romp. The seventh annual event, which
gives dogs a four-hour romp in the typically taboo waters, signals the end of the summer season
and the pool’s closing. Participants of every breed and size cavorted together. They ranged from a
250-pound Lone Tree mastiff named Tobias to a rare Mexican hairless named Chupacabra visiting from Littleton. Though admission was free, donations
were accepted for dog rescue organizations.
Photos by Jane ReuteR
A happy golden retriever emerges from the water after successfully snagging two tennis balls during Lone Tree’s Sept. 7 Wag-n-Romp event.
Murphy, a border collie owned by Lone Tree resident Yvonne Davis, pauses during play as other dogs contentedly cruise through the waters of Cook Creek Pool.
Whole lottaShakin’
going on
‘Grinch’ protesters were paid teensCostumed characters have attended prior meetings, events linked to schoolsBy Jane Reuterjreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
Two mute, masked and costumed pro-testers on hand for the Sept. 3 screening of a documentary about the Douglas County School Board were revealed as teenage boys, paid for their time by an unknown person or source. The two were carrying signs reading, “Grinches for union con-trol.”
Protesters attired in the same costumes — Santa suits with Grinch masks — have stood several times outside the Douglas County School District administration building during controversial meetings, and appeared at a June 14 parent protest at Lone Tree’s Marriott hotel.
Castle Rock filmmaker Brian Malone Two protesters stood mute outside the Parker Mainstreet Center during the showing of a film about the Douglas County School Board’s education reform efforts. Photo by Jane Reuter
Grinch continues on Page 15
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Police open house has focus on kids By Jane Reuter jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
The Lone Tree Police Depart-ment is hosting an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 at its Kimmer Street headquarters.
Most events will be held in the parking lot at 9220 Kimmer Drive.
Food, crafts for kids, police ve-hicle tours, fi ngerprinting and a K9 demonstration are among the events planned.
Visitors will be able to try on Fatal Vision Goggles, which allow the wearer to experience the ef-fects of alcohol impairment, and drive a golf cart.
“It shows you how terribly you drive when you’re impaired even though you don’t know it,” said police spokeswoman Jennifer Purdy.
Children are invited to learn how to make an emergency phone call with a 911 simulator.
A dispatcher will be on hand to demonstrate and assist children.
Most events are child-orient-ed, Purdy said.
“This is a great event for par-ents to come get some safety in-formation for their kids, and for their kids to get to know their lo-
cal police department,” she said. “That way they realize we’re
not scary and know who to go to for help.”
The city administration build-ing, in which the police depart-ment is located, is being reno-vated, so the police department tours typically featured as part of the event will not be offered this year.
At eight years, Lone Tree’s po-lice department is one of the newest in the state. It includes 47 sworn offi cers and an active vol-unteer program.
For more information, visit www.cityofl onetree.com.
At a previous Lone Tree Police open house, Detective Je� Gould lets a visitor try on a SWAT helmet. Courtesy photo
‘This is a great event for parents to come
get some safety information for
their kids.’Jennifer Purdy
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Despite candidate conflicts, forum is a go Organizer says invitation is open until day of event By Jane Reuter jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
The Douglas County School District Ac-countability Committee is moving forward with a planned Sept. 12 school-board can-didate forum, even though the four can-didates who oppose much of the current board’s policies have previously scheduled commitments for the evening.
Incumbents Doug Benevento and Meghann Silverthorne, as well as Jim Ged-des and Judi Reynolds — all supporters of the current board — already have con-fi rmed they will attend.
The four candidates who have commit-ted to the 6:30 p.m. Douglas County High School event are the slate endorsed by the Douglas County Republicans.
The four opposing candidates — Julie Keim, Bill Hodges, Barbra Chase and Ronda Scholting — say the Sept. 2 notice came too late.
Keim requested in an email to DAC chairman David DiCarlo that the DAC change the date, “given the very short no-tice of this invitation.” But after discussions among DAC members, DiCarlo said they opted to proceed as planned.
“All the candidates were given the exact same notice,” said DiCarlo, an outspoken supporter of the current board and a dis-trict captain and central committee mem-ber of the Douglas County Republican Party. “It wasn’t as much notice as I would
like to have provided. (But) I know of three other candidate forums that are happening in the coming weeks. None of them gave a choice of dates.”
DiCarlo said the Sept. 12 date was cho-sen based on availability of the venue and confl icts in October, including the fall school break and DAC obligations.
DiCarlo wrote in a Sept. 5 email to Keim that the school auditorium had “limited dates for availability and I chose the one that worked best.”
DCSD’s facility scheduling website shows the only September dates on which the Douglas County High School audito-rium is not available are Sept. 12 — the date of the forum — and Sept. 27. Six dates are spoken for in October; the auditorium is otherwise also available that month. DCSD offi cials confi rmed Sept. 9 the information on their site is accurate.
Chase will be out of town on a business trip Sept. 12. Scholting, Hodges and Keim had already RSVP’d for a Voices for Public Education-sponsored address from nation-al education expert Anthony Cody in Castle Rock.
Voices for Public Education, sponsored by DCSD voucher lawsuit plaintiff Taxpay-ers for Public Education, is hosting a series of talks on public education between now
and the Nov. 5 election. Notice of Cody’s event fi rst was posted on the Voices’ Face-book page on Aug. 8.
DiCarlo said he’s aware the absence of four candidates will appear intentional to some.
“All I can tell you is it was not planned to be that,” he said. “It bothers me we can’t get at least some of the four that can’t make it there. I have left the invitation open to them up until noon the day of the event.”
DiCarlo said he became aware of the Sept. 12 Cody event after he scheduled the forum.
“I only know about it because somebody sent me it after this all went down,” he said.
Keim said the DAC’s date choice and de-cision to move forward are “disappointing.”
“It’s the one forum that is put on by the district, so to have it happen this way is just not right,” she said. “It’s not fair for the par-ents and community members who want to be informed.”
During an Aug. 13 DAC meeting, DiCarlo said he had reached out to six of the candi-dates about the then-proposed forum. The candidate fi eld then stood at 12. Scholting, Hodges, Keim and Chase were not among the six he contacted.
The DAC also plans to create and send candidate questionnaires to all eight con-
tenders.“I want to do something as a DAC that
gets the opportunity for all the candidates to respond to questions from SACs (school accountability committees), and I think the questionnaires may be the best way to go about doing that,” DiCarlo said.
FIVE CANDIDATE FORUMS SET
Five candidate forums are scheduled in the leadup to the Douglas County School Board election.
• SEPT. 12, 6:30 P.M.
District Accountability Committee forum
Douglas County High School auditorium
2842 Front Street, Castle Rock
• SEPT. 26, 7:30 P.M.
Wind Crest Retirement Community
3235 Mill Vista Road, Highlands Ranch
• OCT. 2, 6 P.M.
American Association of University Women candidate forum
Phillip S. Miller library
100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock
• OCT. 14, 6:30 P.M.
League of Women Voters
Eastridge Recreation Center
9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch
• OCT. 20, 6:30 P.M.
Co� ee4Conservatives open forum
Franktown � re station
1959 N. Highway 83, Franktown
‘It’s the one forum that is put on by the district, so to have it happen this way
is just not right.’Julie Keim, Douglas County School Board candidate
Lone Tree Voice 5 September 12, 2013
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Despite candidate conflicts, forum is a go
tenders.“I want to do something as a DAC that
gets the opportunity for all the candidates to respond to questions from SACs (school accountability committees), and I think the questionnaires may be the best way to go about doing that,” DiCarlo said.
Staff, schools to get more moneyDouglas board cites healthier economyBy Jane Reuterjreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
Citing an influx of property tax revenue, the Douglas County School Board is giv-ing more money to its schools and staff. The board passed a resolution Sept. 3 that makes an additional $3 million available for staff salary increases and $1.5 million for students’ education.
The raises will average 1 percent, and are “differentiated for performance,” which means amounts will vary based on a teach-er’s evaluation rating and the market-based pay scale.
The money is on top of an average 2 percent teacher raise and an additional 2 percent in one-time bonuses already an-nounced by the district in May.
At that time, DCSD also committed to additional funding of $200 per student. The newly approved monies will add another $20 to $25 per student to that amount.
The added compensation means the most highly rated teachers may get a pay bump of as much as 9.5 percent, with all but 1 percent of that money a permanent salary increase.
DCSD also plans to boost pay for teach-ers whose salaries are below the market-based pay scale.
The decision to allocate additional funds is tied to an effort to make up for several years of salary freezes for teachers, and cuts to school budgets.
“The good news is because of several factors,” DCSD board vice president Kevin Larsen said. “One is, the county’s growing again. Property values are slightly up. De-linquencies are down. Receipts are up, and up in a sustainable way.”
While the district hails the additional money as good news, some call it bad bud-geting.
“I do think the timing of this board an-nouncement was unfortunate,” said Julie Keim, a school board candidate and certi-fied professional accountant who has stud-ied DCSD’s budget.
“Schools need to know their budgets be-fore the beginning of the year to truly maxi-mize opportunities for students.
“Also, it is interesting that the candidates for the school board election were just fi-nalized the day that this was announced.”
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for grabs in November.
Judi Reynolds, Keim’s opponent, said the release of additional funds indicates a pru-dent approach to fiscal management.
“I think the way the board and district have chosen to do things over the last few years is they do not want to commit money they do not know they have,” she said.
“I am largely supportive of that. I agree it would be far better if we knew exactly what we had to spend on our kids and our teach-ers prior to the school year starting. (But) I don’t want to see us committing ourselves to spend money we don’t have.”
The Douglas County School District made a similar announcement in Septem-ber 2012, again citing higher-than-antici-pated property tax revenue that allowed it to distribute an additional $125 per student to all its schools.
Under the current board’s financial phi-losophy, Larsen said that may happen in future years as well.
“We’re going to budget on the some-what conservative side; I’m not apologiz-ing for that,” he said. “And when we close the books at the end of June, if there’s ever a surprise, it’ll be a pleasant one.”
While the additional $20 to $25 per stu-dent is helpful, Larsen noted it isn’t enough to have made a significant difference in schools’ original fall budgets.
DCSD critics also fault a fund balance they believe is unnecessarily high. Credit-rating agency Fitch listed the district’s un-restricted fund balance at $86.7 million in February 2013.
Its unassigned fund balance, money not already tagged for other uses, is about $17 million, consistent with the board’s 4-per-cent reserve policy.
The pay increases will begin showing up on teachers’ paychecks in October, and will be retroactive to July 1.
They will be weighed against each teach-er’s placement on DCSD’s new evaluation system, which categorizes an educator’s teaching style on a range from “highly effec-tive” to “ineffective.” \DCSD also considers where a teacher’s salary falls on the market-based pay scale, which determines salary based on the difficulty of finding teachers for specific positions.
‘We’re going to budget on the somewhat conservative side; I’m not apologizing for that.’
Kevin Larsen, Douglas County School Board vice president
Documentary on school board debutsMovie casts critical light on district leaders, policy changesBy Jane Reuterjreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
About 200 people attended the Sept. 3 screening in Parker of a documentary criti-cal of the Douglas County School Board’s education reform efforts.
Brian Malone, a Castle Rock native and filmmaker, produced, wrote and directed “The Reformers,” a 75-minute exploration of the impact of education reform on both a national and local level.
The event was presented by Taxpayers for Public Education, a nonprofit that sued to stop the Douglas County School District’s voucher program. An eight-person panel discussion featuring community members, former DCSD employees and teachers’ union officials followed the screening.
The documentary received a standing ovation from an audience largely critical of the current school board’s directions and policies.
“It was a thrill, although I will say I’m not altogether surprised,” said Malone, adding the self-funded film cost about $20,000 to make. “There’s been a lot of interest and a lot of anticipation on what the film has to say.”
Malone, whose two children attend DCSD schools, maintains the board is car-rying out an agenda largely unsupported by parents and teachers, and that its policy changes have been poorly implemented.
The film includes local interviews with Taxpayers for Public Education board mem-bers, former DCSD Superintendent Rick O’Connell, Douglas County teachers’ union president Brenda Smith, former Thunder Ridge High School teacher Brian White and several unidentified Douglas County teach-ers whose faces are shadowed. Four recent Douglas County high school graduates also are featured, saying some of the district changes negatively affected them as they applied to colleges.
In the film, four national experts ques-tion the research and potential for-profit motives behind school choice.
The documentary has footage from Douglas County School Board meetings, but does not include interviews with any board members, administrators or board supporters. Malone said DCSD officials re-peatedly turned down his requests for in-terviews. The only pro-school-choice sup-porter interviewed is Republican former state lawmaker Nancy Spence.
Douglas County School District spokes-woman Michelle Yi emailed a comment about the film on behalf of the district.
“The district did not participate in the making of this film, and district officials
have not seen the film,” the email reads. “We are proud to empower parents with choice and offer a world-class education to all students, which includes opportunities for more collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity in our class-rooms.”
Malone was kicked out of an August 2012 school board meeting and charged with disrupting a lawful assembly after stepping out of a taped-off area that DCSD reserved for media. The charges later were dropped. Despite that experience, Malone maintains he approached the project with an open mind.
“It was only from the experience of shooting this film that helped me develop my opinion,” he said. “I stand behind the film. And I stand behind my point of view.
“I’m tired of all the anger; we’ve got to move above that and beyond it. This is about getting this community to stand up (and) decide what they want for their pub-lic school system. But if this county doesn’t wake up, we’ve got a real problem.”
Future screenings of the movie are planned and Malone also is distributing free copies.
“Right now I’m just focused on getting this film in front of as many eyeballs as pos-sible in Douglas County before the Novem-ber election,” he said.
The terms of four current board mem-bers expire in November.
Castle Rock filmmaker Brian Malone introduces his documentary on the Douglas County School Board, “The Reformers,” at the Parker Mainstreet Center Sept. 3. Photo by Jane Reuter
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Forecasts are ours to interpretIs it going to be partly cloudy or mostly
sunny? That is one of those types of ques-tions that is similar to, “Is the glass half full or half empty,” right?
Even with the latest and greatest tech-nology and applied scientific facts, at the end of the day the interpretation of the forecast can be influenced by the person sharing the information or even by our own mood or attitude on the day we see or hear the prediction for the weather.
Forecasts are not just about the weather, are they?
Analysts forecast the outcomes and pro-ductivity of everything from the stock mar-ket and individual companies to profes-sional sporting events and even amateur or high school sporting events. Who will win, who will lose, and by how much?
In the business world, CEOs base their operational decisions on the sales forecast provided by the vice president of sales and the chief marketing officer. They anticipate revenues based on information gathered through stringent business tools and pro-cesses like Customer Relationship Man-agement applications.
Again the latest and greatest technology, however influenced by human input and emotion. You see, if the data input is based on the attitude, mood, or feeling of the per-son sharing the information, it becomes subjective. And in some cases this places the business at great risk due to inaccurate and confused forecasts.
So whether or not it is you or I search-ing for the weather forecast on our smart phone, listening for it on the radio, or watching it on television, it is really an op-portunity for us to look at the day as mostly sunny, not partly cloudy.
And if the business analysts and sports-writers provide us with their outlook on
what will be happening with our stocks or favorite teams, it is up to us to determine how that impacts our forecast for the day.
Why do we focus on the slightest possi-bility of the “bad” instead of the enormous opportunity for the “good”?
There are plenty of people whose fore-cast is within a reasonable rate of accuracy. But who determines what is a reasonable rate of accuracy for our own forecasts and in our own lives? Are we OK with being 10 percent accurate, 50 percent accurate, or do we need the assurance of 100 percent accuracy of how our days and weeks are going to turn out? It’s not just about the forecast, it’s about how we perceive our personal and professional endeavors and how we prepare ourselves for the out-comes regardless if the results are what we had anticipated and forecasted, or some-thing worse, and maybe even something much better.
What’s in your forecast? Is it going to be partly cloudy or mostly sunny? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonor-ton@gmail.com. And yes, I am forecasting 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
Finding clarity on pot a taxing processMore than 10 months after Colorado
voters approved the legalization of recre-ational marijuana use and sales, confusion reigns.
Sure, passage of Amendment 64 last November made a few things clear: Pos-session of up to 1 ounce is legal. People under 21 years of age may not purchase pot. It remains illegal to smoke marijuana in public places.
But a couple of the most basic questions still need to be answered: Where can one legally buy it? How much will it cost?
The first question is being explored by Colorado’s cities and counties. At this point, few Denver-area municipalities have opted to make retail sales legal, instead taking a cautious, wait-and-see approach. Some — like all of Douglas County’s most populated cities and towns — have already decided to outright ban retail sales. It’s
possible most of Colorado could follow suit, leaving the state with a handful of “marijuana islands” where pot is legally sold.
The cost question is largely in the hands of the state’s voters. On top of whatever price point the marijuana market dictates, there will be taxes, and in Colorado, that means voter approval is needed.
A recent rally at the Capitol in Denver urged approval of a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent sales tax on the retail marijuana industry. If the state’s voters ap-prove Proposition AA in November, money
from the taxes would reportedly go toward school construction and regulation of the marijuana industry.
In general, we support approval of this proposition. It helps ensure the mari-juana industry will pay for itself, and helps schools, to boot. But we do wonder if too many taxes could lead pot customers to turn back to the black market.
The 25 percent statewide tax from Proposition AA would be in addition to whatever taxes local municipalities’ voters approve. Denver, for example, is asking residents to say yes to a 5 percent tax. The total tax toll of 30 percent could lead to an unaffordable product in what figures to be the state’s largest marijuana-selling zone.
Having customers once again turn to the dealer down the street would be a clear example of the law of unintended conse-quences. But we feel taxes may be the only
way to keep the retail pot business from being a burden on Colorado, something the medical marijuana industry has been over the last few years. The state will have to bank on people’s willingness to pay the price for legality.
Even after the issues of where to buy and how much it will cost are officially answered, there will remain plenty of gray areas. For example, many people are uncertain if they will get fired from their jobs if they partake. Others aren’t clear on how much they can smoke and still legally drive.
Truth be told, it may take years — and more than a few legal challenges — before all the answers are in. But this November’s election and the actions of local govern-ments in the months to follow should add important measures of clarity amid the lingering cloud of confusion.
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letters to the editorTime to change school board
In response to Dustin Zvonek’s guest column supporting Douglas County’s edu-cation reform:
It’s ironic that Mr. Zvonek chooses to begin his guest commentary with “the old adage about not trying to fix what isn’t broken.” The Douglas County School District was NOT broken and didn’t need to be fixed before the reformers came in and tried to do just that.
Among other concerns, DCSD’s state as-sessment scores reported by the Colorado Department of Education have decreased in three of four subject areas since the reformers took over in 2009. Our scores are still above the state average, but not as far above as they were in 2009.
As of last year, high school students have lost over 240 hours of instructional time as a minimum graduation require-ment. And Mr. Zvonek calls this “positive change”?
We DCSD parents can see that these re-forms are not working. We must restore our district to its prior excellence and the only way to do so is by electing four new board members that will put sound, proven edu-cational policies back in place.
Connie IngramHighlands Ranch
Douglas County schools are slippingRegarding Dustin Zvonek’s guest col-
umn supporting Douglas County’s educa-tion reform:
It’s too bad that Mr. Zvonek does not take the time to research the truth, which he would find to be the exact opposite of what he shared in his opinion piece.
The facts are there is lower parent sat-isfaction, state assessment results indicate that Douglas County is no longer number one in the metro-Denver area, and unlike years past, not one Douglas County high school made it in the 2013 Newsweek rank-ings of top high schools.
It appears that the fact-check rating of “pants on fire” that was mentioned in the article on Americans for Prosperity is war-ranted.
Randi AllisonParker
Facts about schools are troublingIn Dustin Zvonek’s recent op-ed piece,
he brings up an important point: Are Douglas County students better off today than they were four years ago? Mr. Zvonek makes a few claims that can easily be ad-dressed with key facts:
• “The needs of families and students come first in DCSD.” Unfortunately, there is no measurement of the needs of families and students, as the district hasn’t accept-ed the results of a parent survey since 2010. The last survey, conducted in 2012, showed that only 38 percent of parents approved of the direction of the district. While the district deemed that survey “inconclusive,” the results exceeded the criteria of the sur-vey company the district hired to conduct the survey and are being used nationally.
• “Test scores in math, science and read-ing are all up over the last five years.” While the District’s Newsline did report that scores were up, a quick check on the Colo-rado Department of Education website shows that since 2009 scores have actually dropped by 1 percentage point in all areas of content, except science which was up by 1 percentage point. The district acknowl-edged the error but never sent out a retrac-tion and correction to the community.
• “The district is improving its fiscal situation.” While large operating surpluses are desirable in the private industry, taking cuts to high schools that result in less time preparing students in class while posting a $20 million operating surplus is not fiscally responsible. DCSD’s fund balance has
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Finding clarity on pot a taxing processway to keep the retail pot business from being a burden on Colorado, something the medical marijuana industry has been over the last few years. The state will have to bank on people’s willingness to pay the price for legality.
Even after the issues of where to buy and how much it will cost are officially answered, there will remain plenty of gray areas. For example, many people are uncertain if they will get fired from their jobs if they partake. Others aren’t clear on how much they can smoke and still legally drive.
Truth be told, it may take years — and more than a few legal challenges — before all the answers are in. But this November’s election and the actions of local govern-ments in the months to follow should add important measures of clarity amid the lingering cloud of confusion.
quadrupled in the last three years, a clear sign that resources are not making it into the schools.
I encourage Mr. Zvonek to stick to fac-tual information and better understand the key issues regarding education of Douglas County students.
Laura MuttonPresident, Strong Schools Coalition
Highlands Ranch
Praise for school board dubiousRegarding Dustin Zvonek’s guest col-
umn on Douglas County schools:Mr. Zvonek used key words that Ameri-
cans for Prosperity has co-opted to claim the high road for the education of our children. These words include “choice,” “accountability” and “reform.” Let’s look at how these words relate to what the current school board has done or is planning to do.
Choice: The “choice scholarship” pro-gram (vouchers) does not provide equal access to quality education.
Parents with an income of $250,000 a year or more and a $6,000 voucher would be able to make up the remaining $7,000 to $11,000 in tuition to a quality private school. Parents with an income of $80,000 to $120,000 and the same voucher would not have the same range of choices.
Accountability: Mr. Zvonek claims the current board and its actions lead to greater availability of facts from which parents can make informed choices. What facts is he referring to?
Clear data shows the board has mis-represented important facts about school finances and more recently academic gains. Recent TCAP scores suggest Doug-las County schools are just hanging on to the good performance standards that had come to be expected prior to the current board’s arrival.
The current board conducts much of its business behind closed doors. How is this
a demonstration of accountability? Video from public portions of board meetings shows a board that is not “open to commu-nity input,” unless it is to agree with them.
Reform: Mr. Zvonek talks about the new pay-for-performance system. Such a system can be quite good when it ensures validity and reliability of assessments. None of this describes the new system.
Finally, there is no evidence that Doug-las County teachers were demoralized in years past.
Those demoralized “slackers,” as Mr. Zvonek puts it, were responsible for an ex-cellent and innovative school system that families moved to Douglas County for. But those teachers are demoralized now and they’re leaving now too.
Barbara BarlowHighlands Ranch
School coverage shows biasJust wanted to weigh in on Jane Reuter’s
“article” about the politics in school elec-tions.
The newspaper has been very disingen-uous about their reporting on the Douglas County School Board. Reuter’s puff pieces on the Strong Schools Coalition are very biased.
I would say most Douglas County residents who actually inform themselves know that the coalition is absolutely an arm of the teachers’ union, and far from nonpolitical grassroots.
It’s funny that progressive teachers’ unions interject their politics in every elec-tion nationwide. It just so happens that we have one of the few boards that does not have union surrogates in place.
The articles and the editorials all use the same talking points; you all must be on the same email distribution list.
Reuter’s articles should be in the edito-rial section; don’t get me started on your voucher article too, it’s just puff union blather as well.
Your four articles belong in the editorial section, not the news pages.
Justin C. SmithHighlands Ranch
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Political attack ads get an early startRecently, a Washington, D.C.-based
radical environmental group, the League of Conservation Voters, ran an unprecedent-ed $790,000 worth of attack ads against me alleging that I was a “climate change denier.”
This is by far the largest negative politi-cal ad buy, this far out from an election, in our state’s history. The attack ads were concentrated over a two-week period.
First of all, the ads claimed that “Coff-man questions whether climate change is even a problem.” There is no question that climate change is real since it has existed since the beginning of time and will always be a factor that can negatively impact our environment.
The role that carbon emissions, from human activity, have on climate change is still a subject of debate but, in my view, there is no question that it also has a nega-tive impact.
What is clear is that we should do all that we can to reduce carbon emissions, irrespective of how one feels about the va-
lidity of the extent of man-caused climate change, in order to improve the quality of our environment. However, we should do so under a balanced approach that consid-ers the economic impact of our actions.
What the League of Conservations Vot-ers wants to do is to impose a carbon tax to raise the price of conventional carbon-based fuels in order to discourage their use and to make the higher-cost renewable sources comparatively more attractive. I oppose that strategy because working and middle-class families have had it hard
enough under this economy, and they don’t need to be punished even more with higher energy prices.
Instead, I have voted to appropriate fed-eral dollars to research renewable energy solutions that are not only beneficial to our environment, but will become more cost-competitive with traditional fuel sources.
The ads go on to say that I’m opposed to doing anything to reduce carbon emis-sions. Even by their standards, these claims are blatantly false.
I’ve always endorsed an all-of-the-above energy strategy and have publicly supported the wind energy production tax credit. In fact, just before the ads ran I was in Brighton visiting the Vestas plant that makes turbines for the wind energy industry.
I’ve also been active in leading the effort to sanction China for unfair trade practices when it comes to their near-monopoly sta-tus on rare earth metals that are essential to both solar and wind energy manufactur-ing in the United States.
I believe that we can continue to reduce harmful carbon emissions in the United States through energy conservation and the development of cleaner cost-competi-tive energy alternatives.
These ads do not reflect that reality be-cause they are trying to produce a partisan political outcome and not an environmen-tal one.
It’s unfortunate that there are powerful special interests groups out of Washington, D.C. that now think they can best influence elections in a state like Colorado by spend-ing massive amounts of money on negative ads well over a year before voters will go to the polls to decide who will represent them.
Republican Mike Coffman is the U.S. Rep-resentative for Colorado’s 6th District. He is a Marine Corps combat veteran and has a combined 21 years of military experi-ence between the Army, the Army Reserve, the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve.
It may be a keepsake, but you can keep itAutographs are dumb. What’s the point?
What do you do with them?I don’t want Abraham Lincoln’s auto-
graph or John Lennon’s autograph. What would I do with them? Look at them? I really doubt it. Or sell them?
I especially don’t want Johnny Manziel’s autograph, but I will get to that.
I think it is humiliating to stand in a queue to get an autograph. I am OK with book signings, but otherwise if you thrust a scrap of paper in front of Pink you are a fool, or at least foolish.
I have a couple of signed letters in my home, one from Katharine Hepburn, and the other one from Charles Schulz, although I don’t know where the Schulz let-ter is. Somewhere in the basement.
I don’t consider either one of them an autograph. But if you are interested, I can leave them on the front porch for you.
It appears that the Heisman committee has honored another jerk. Johnny Manziel.
He joins O.J. Simpson and Reggie Bush. The difference is that Manziel is still play-ing, and he is still up to no good, and is an embarrassment to Texas A&M and college football.
He was suspended for half a game (ouch) because of allegations about a sus-picious number of autographs he signed. If the world is flooded with Manziel auto-graphs, how valuable or meaningful are they? Zero in my book.
“I have a Manziel autograph.”
“So what?”Manziel sat on the sidelines during the
first half of the A&M game with Rice, and then came in and turned on his charms. After one touchdown pass he pretended to sign autographs. It reminded me of another jerk: Terrell Owens, who pulled a Sharpie out of his sock after a touchdown, and signed the football.
After subsequent touchdown passes, Manziel taunted Rice players and was pe-nalized. His coach pulled him. The school should pull him, and let him take his talents to the NFL, where someone, I hope, knocks his block off.
I know that Manziel and his family are frustrated. A&M has profited enormously because of Manziel, and all Manziel has gotten out of it is a free college education, a national stage, an opportunity to prove himself to NFL scouts, and the potential
for innumerable future endorsements. So he balks by behaving badly, setting a bad example for young athletes, and becoming a genuine bore.
But. A&M wins with him, and that’s all we care about.
We love wins, no matter how we get them, even if it takes five downs.
I would like to see Mahmoud Ahma-dinejad sign an autograph, just to see how long it took. I would like to see Maria Sharapova sign an autograph, just to see her cursive.
Anyone who signs their name with a smiley face belongs in jail.
The only autographs I want are on big checks.
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net
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Teachers’ union endorses board candidates Group says it will not contribute money to individual campaigns By Jane Reuter jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
The Douglas County teachers’ union is endorsing school board can-didates Barbra Chase, Bill Hodges, Julie Keim and Ronda Scholting in the November election.
The organization will not contrib-ute money to candidates’ campaigns, union offi cials said, but will spend an undetermined amount of money on election-related activities.
“We did not do a formal process, and they did not seek our endorse-ment,” Douglas County Federation president Brenda Smith said. “But these are the ones we’re recommend-ing to our teachers that will be good for kids and good for education in Douglas County.”
Union leaders say more than 60 percent of the Douglas County School District’s teachers are voluntary mem-bers of the DCF, whose longstanding collective bargaining agreement with DCSD was severed in 2012.
Douglas County Republicans also endorsed four candidates from among several interviewed by their members. Their choices — incumbents Doug Benevento and Meghann Silverthorn, plus Jim Geddes and Judi Reynolds —
are the candidates “most likely to sup-port the principles of the Republican Party,” according to local party chair-man Craig Steiner.
Steiner said the local party also will not contribute to its chosen can-didates’ campaigns. He said he would not talk about the local party’s planned campaign expenditures.
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tion of our schools and improving the quality of education for our students,” District E candidate Bill Hodges said in an emailed statement. “I welcome any organization’s support as my cam-paign has broad support from mem-bers of our community, business lead-ers and teachers.”
“I did not seek the endorsement,” District G candidate Ronda Scholting said. “Generally candidates ask for en-dorsements, so I was unaware of any endorsement from the union. But I am happy to have the support of all mem-bers of the community.”
“I certainly did not pursue anything from them,” said District D candidate Julie Keim. “I appreciate their support from the perspective I really want to do the best thing for the students and taxpayers of Douglas County.”
Though the DCF doesn’t plan to contribute to campaigns, Keim added, “I don’t intend to take special-interest money from anyone. I don’t want any strings attached to the decisions I make.”
“I was not aware, nor did I request the support statement by the Union as I am running unaffi liated,” District B candidate Barbra Chase wrote in an email. “As the teachers’ association represents the majority of teachers in Douglas County schools, I graciously appreciate that I am backed and sup-ported by the teachers.”
FINAL SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE LIST SET
Two candidates will appear on the November ballot in each of the four Douglas County School Board open district seats.
The candidates include Barbra Chase and Jim Ged-des in District B, the seat now held by term-limited board president John Carson.
Julie Keim and Judith Reynolds are vying for the District D slot, now held by Carrie Mendoza. Mendoza, appointed to the board in March, is not seeking election.
Incumbent Doug Benevento is running against Bill Hodges in District E.
Incumbent Meghann Silverthorn and Ronda Scholt-ing are both seeking the District G post.
Four of the candidates originally registered with the Colorado Secretary of State did not submit the required petitions by the Aug. 30 deadline. They are John Peterson, Kevin Leung, Stephen Boyd and Nick Land.
NEWS IN A HURRY Preschool arts program to be launched
South Suburban’s Lone Tree Recreation Center kicks off its new preschool arts programs at 4 p.m. Sept. 17 with the free Pre-school Arts Commotion.
The event features a performance by Katherine Dines, creator of the Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta children’s recording series, and an art activity for children and parents. The new program includes art and music classes for toddlers to age 5.
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Bennett to speak at arts center
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett will speak at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 25 at the Lone Tree Arts Center.
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Tickets start at $500. For tickets and information, visit www.bestchamber.com.
Home Depot donates to SkyView Academy
The SkyView Academy preschool through 12th-grade charter school in Highlands Ranch recently received donations from local Home Depot stores to help maintain the school grounds and building. SkyView’s facility at 6161 Business Center Drive was a former Home Depot Sup-ply. SkyView renovated the building to accommodate 1,115 students and 120 staff members.
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Teachers’ union endorses board candidates surprise.
“This campaign is about the direc-tion of our schools and improving the quality of education for our students,” District E candidate Bill Hodges said in an emailed statement. “I welcome any organization’s support as my cam-paign has broad support from mem-bers of our community, business lead-ers and teachers.”
“I did not seek the endorsement,” District G candidate Ronda Scholting said. “Generally candidates ask for en-dorsements, so I was unaware of any endorsement from the union. But I am happy to have the support of all mem-bers of the community.”
“I certainly did not pursue anything from them,” said District D candidate Julie Keim. “I appreciate their support from the perspective I really want to do the best thing for the students and taxpayers of Douglas County.”
Though the DCF doesn’t plan to contribute to campaigns, Keim added, “I don’t intend to take special-interest money from anyone. I don’t want any strings attached to the decisions I make.”
“I was not aware, nor did I request the support statement by the Union as I am running unaffi liated,” District B candidate Barbra Chase wrote in an email. “As the teachers’ association represents the majority of teachers in Douglas County schools, I graciously appreciate that I am backed and sup-ported by the teachers.”
Push is on for pot taxes By Vic Vela vvela@ourcoloradonews.com
Supporters of a retail marijuana tax initiative held a Capitol rally on Sept. 4, urging Colorado voters to back pot sales taxes this fall to ensure that the newly created industry “pays its own way.”
The rally served as a campaign kickoff for Proposition AA, which will ask voters to give the go-ahead for retail pot to be taxed at 25 percent, with the revenue going toward school construction and support for industry regulation.
Retail pot sales will soon become a reality in the state, thanks to last year’s voter-backed passage of Amendment 64. The Legislature passed pot regula-tions earlier this year, but voters still must decide whether they will support the taxes needed to fund retail mari-juana rules.
State Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, who played a key role in crafting Amendment 64 legislation, said that unless voters back the pot taxes this fall, “we will have to do one of two things: Take money from education and other programs in Colorado to fund this industry, or we’ll have lack-luster or lax enforcement,”
“This campaign kickoff is to ac-knowledge and recognize to the peo-ple of Colorado that these taxes abso-lutely must pass,” Pabon said.
Proposition AA will ask voters to approve a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent retail tax on marijuana sales.
Revenue from the excise tax will go toward public school construction, while the money collected from the retail tax will back the regulations that were enacted by the Legislature.
The 25 percent state tax does not include whatever local taxes might be imposed by individual municipalities.
Brian Vicente, an architect of
Amendment 64, said the taxes are ex-pected to bring in about $70 million in revenue for the state.
Vicente also reminded voters that only pot-smokers will be required to cough up the tax money.
“This is a tax that really would only apply to people who choose to partici-pate in regulated marijuana,” Vicente said. “Those who do not purchase marijuana will not be subject to this tax.”
Pot tax supporters were asked whether they had concerns that com-peting tax questions on this year’s bal-lot could affect the passage of Prop AA — such as Initiative 22, which will ask voters to support more than $900 million in new taxes to overhaul the school fi nance system.
“I think these issues will rise and fall on their own merits,” said state
Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver. “I think our voters are discerning.”
Steadman also said that voters who supported Amendment 64 last No-vember knew that the pot industry would have to be taxed.
Proposition AA supporters also said they were pleased with the fed-eral government’s recent guidance on states that allow legalized pot. The Department of Justice issued a memo saying it would not seek to block rec-reational pot sales in states that allow it, so long as the retail pot industry abides by fi rm state regulations.
State Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, who sponsored the mari-juana tax bill that led to Proposition AA, said the Legislature made “very responsible and very necessary fi rst steps” in making sure the marijuana industry abides by a strict set of rules.
State Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, speaks on behalf of a marijuana tax ballot question at a Sept. 4 Capitol rally. The ballot question, Proposition AA, will seek voter approval of a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent retail tax on sales of marijuana. Photo by Vic Vela
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Is driving in adverse weather condi-tions and plowing snow off high-ways your passion? If so, comework with The Colorado Depart-ment of Transportation. CDOT isfilling positions for their 6 monthWinter Seasonal Temporary posi-tions in Woodland Park and in theCripple Creek area. Must have aClass A or B CDL with 6 monthsheavy equipment and physicallabor experience. Apply in personat 1480 Quail Lake Lp. Suite A inCo Springs, CO 80906 or call 719-227-3246 and ask for Nickki.
Drivers:$2,500.00 OrientationCompletion Bonus!$2,500.00 Driver Referral Bonus!Great Pay, Benefits!Excellent Home-time!CDL-A OTR Exp. Req.Call Now: 1-855-314-1138
GAIN 130 LBS!Savio House needs foster
parents to provide temporary carefor troubled teens ages 12-18.Training, 24 hour support and$1900/month provided. Must
complete precertification trainingand pass a criminal and motor
vehicle background check.Call Michelle 303-225-4073
or visit saviohouse.org.
HOUSEKEEPER – with BenefitsFT 40/wk – 6:00 AM-2:30 PM
Prior exper helpful,espec long term care
Interviewing now -pls apply in person
Mountain Vista Retire Comm4800 Tabor St
Wheat Ridge 80033Contact: Jim K 303-421-4161
Help Wanted
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AIRLINES ARE HIRING – Train forhands on Aviation Career. FAA ap-proved program. Financial aid ifqualified - Job placement assist-ance. CALL Aviation Institute ofMaintenance 877-818-0783
Help Wanted
LEGITIMATE WORKAT HOME
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MedicalNeeded full time MA, LPN or RN
in Ken Caryl areafor busy pediatric office.
Includes Saturday morningsPlease fax resume toNita 303-791-7756
Help Wanted
Management Consultant,Denver, Colorado:
Provide management consultingservices pertaining to individualsenior executive assessment &development as well as seniorexecutive team assessment &development of CEOs, C-suite
leaders & senior executivesworking for clients. Must have
Ph.D., Psy.D. or Ed.D. inPsychology or Organizational
Psychology & 3 yrs. exp.providing senior executive
assessment & senior leadershipdevelopment services to senior
executives. Alternatively, willaccept M.S. in Psychology or
Organizational Psychology withC.Psych., Chartered Membership &
5 yrs. exp. providing seniorexecutive assessment
& senior leadershipdevelopment services to senior
executives. Must be willing to travelminimum 25%. Mail resume to
RHR International LLP,233 South Wacker Drive,
95th Floor,Chicago, IL 60606,Attn: Jennie Krejci.
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yard/estate sale8269 W Virginia Ave, Lakewood -furniture, household items, more-9/13&14, 9AM-3PM, cash only
Farm Products & Produce
Grain Finished Buffaloquartered, halves and whole
719-775-8742
HILL’S HARVESTFresh Farm Produce
3225 E 124th Ave - Thornton
www.hillsharvest.com303.451.5637
Veggies • Peaches • PreservesRoasted Green Chili & More
Pumpkin Patch
Locally raised, grass fed and grainfinished Beef & Pork.
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Livestock
TACK & SADDLE AUCTIONThursday Sept. 19th, 7:00pm
Preview 5:30pmLiquidating 70 Saddles + a entire
stores worth of inventory atpublic auction, regardless of loss
or cost. Top brand and custommade Saddles, Bridles, Blankets,too much to list. Everything used
on or around a horse. Cash,Cards, NO CHECKS 10% BP.
FoW - Eagles1300 Caprice Dr
Castle Rock, CO 80109308-210-2411
Auctioneer Mike Murphy
Garage Sales
55O WOLFENSBERGER CASTLEROCK Sept 20 & 21 9-4 at Epi-phany Luthern church. Annual salesupports our Orphan Grain Trainmission project. We have a reputa-tion for offering good clean mer-chandise. Kids costumes, babythings, guy stuff, one of a kind newquilts, furniture, gently worn wed-ding dresses, purses and clothingaccessories, holiday , household,unusual and unique items and afew things we can't identify but youmost likely have always wantedone. Some items are priced, we willaccept your reasonable offer for therest. Weather no problem, mostthings are indoors.
55O WOLFENSBERGER CASTLEROCK Sept 20 & 21 9-4 at Epi-phany Luthern church. Annual salesupports our Orphan Grain Trainmission project. We have a reputa-tion for offering good clean mer-chandise. Kids costumes, babythings, guy stuff, one of a kind newquilts, furniture, gently worn wed-ding dresses, purses and clothingaccessories, holiday , household,unusual and unique items and afew things we can't identify but youmost likely have always wantedone. Some items are priced, we willaccept your reasonable offer for therest. Weather no problem, mostthings are indoors.
Garage Sales
Arvada2 family garage sale
September 13th & 14th7:30am-1pm
Lots of things from Pottery Barn -furniture & much more, Young girls
clothes all in great shape,girls 15 speed bicycle,
Don't miss this one! 8323 Beech Street, Arvada 80005
MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE & HUGEFURNITURE SALE at SHEP-HERD OF LOVE Over 90 pcs offurniture incl Antique & Vintage,many professionally & beautifullyrefinished. We have clothes for allages, toys, tools, household & kit-chen, décor, books, craft sup-plies & Home-Baked goods. OurBBQ lunch w/ upgraded 1/3-lb. bur-gers, brats & hot dogs begins at11am (prices will be posted). Thu-Fri, Sep 12-13, 8am-7pm; Sat, Sep14, 8am-4:30pm. Located at 13550Lowell Blvd., Broomfield (136th &Lowell).
Estate Sales
Big Estate Salein historic property by Denver
County Club. House is full of highend furnishings including art,
designer furniture, collectables,many oriental rugs, patio, some
antique items. Dont miss this sale!500 Circle Dr, DenverSept 12th, 13th, 14th
9am-3pmCall Pat 303-502-7899
ParkerSeptember 13th & 14th 9-321432 Omaha Ave, Parker
antiques, collectables, tools, house-hold, books and much more.
For more info.www.nostalgia-plus.com
Lone Tree7:30am-5pm Friday September 13th
and Saturday September 14th 9280 Ptarmign Trail
Appliances
GE PROFILE Washer & DryerGood working condition $200303-472-1350
Arts & Crafts
Sons of Italy annualCraft and Gift FairHoliday Crafters Wanted
November 8th & 9th Friday 9-5Saturday 9-4
5925 West 32nd AveWheat Ridge 80033
Applications now availablewww.osiadenver.orgor call 303-462-0985
Crafters WantedLakewood Elks Anuual
Holiday Craft FairNovember 30th 9am-4pm
8x8 booth $35.00kamperkarivanlw1777@gmail.com
303-989-0188
Arts & Crafts
CRAFTERS WANTEDWestminster GrangeOctober 12th 9am-4pmSue-Hale@comcast.net
or (303)726-0036
Harvest Craft FairSeptember 28th 9am-3pmApplewood Valley United
Methodist Church2035 Ellis St GoldenBooths still available
Call Kate 303-396-9635
Firewood
Split and dry hardwood$200 a cord
Free delivery w/in 10 miles of yard303-424-7357
Furniture
Beautiful dining room setfrom the Drexel Heritage BritishAccents collection is needing to findgood home due to downsizing.
Includes double pedestal table w/8chairs, leaves, table pad, andServer. $1,500. (720)878-4169
Hutch By Ethan Allen78" H x 19" D x 32" W3 drawers, 2 shelves
Great Condition Downsizing$150 (303)660-5147
moving must sacrifice 2 beautifulP A h o u s e c h e r r y c a b i n e t s$250/each. Mission dining table &chairs for 6 $475. huge old weststyle buffet $1200. mid-evil stylemetal trunk $525. All in perfect con-dition. Selling for a fraction of pur-chase price 303-526-1507
Moving Must Sell7' couch - floral pattern
(traditional) soft peach, gray & whiteexc. cond. $150
Coffee table 3x3 $90303-232-7128
Health and Beauty
Canada Drug Center is your choicefor safe and affordable medica-tions. Our licensed Canadian mailorder pharmacy will provide youwith savings of up to 90% on allyour medication needs. Call today1-800-418-8975, for $10.00 off yourfirst prescription and free shipping.
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Health and Beauty
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Medical
Electric lift chair-Beige,infinite positions $400
Electric twin hospital bed, mattress,two side rails and linens. Head,foot, up and down movements
excellent condition$600 303-688-3961
Medical EquipmentElec. adj. hosp. bed, HI-Low $575
Chairlift $900,Alt. Pressure Mattress $900
Folding ramps 6’ $200, 7’ $260And more call for info.
303-870-0845
Handicap Accessible Van2007 Chevy Uplander55,000 mil. pw, cd, ac
Bruno electric seat$10,950 303-870-0845
Miscellaneous
*OLD ROLEX & PATEK PHILIPPEWATCHES WANTED!** Daytona,Sub Mariner, etc. TOP CASHPAID! 1-800-401-0440
________________________*OLD GUITARS WANTED!** Gib-son, Martin, Fender, Gretsch, Epi-phone, Guild, Mosrite, Rickenback-er, Prair ie State, D’Angel ico,S t r o m b e r g , a n d G i b s o nMandolins/Banjos. 1920’s thru1980’s. TOP CASH PAID! 1-800-401-0440
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE COMPANY.com Investor Relations
$25k - $5mil / Direct: 719.252.0909
Upright Baldwin Piano $195 oboTV Sony Trinitron 30" screen $125Fiesta Bar-B-Q Grill Gas $45303-660-8730
Miscellaneous
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_____________________________KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS!Buy a Harris Bed Bug Kit, Com-plete Room Treatment Solution.Odorless, Non-Staining. Availableonline homedepot.com (NOT INSTORES)
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Musical
Spinet Baldwin Piano- WalnutExcellent condition
Includes bench $125303-346-3402
Tickets/Travel
All Tickets Buy/SellNFL-NBA-NHL-NCAA-MLBWWW.DENVERTICKET.COM(303)-420-5000
PETS
Autos for Sale
04 Nissan 350Z silver convertible.Unique gold tan interior, cover &snow tires! One owner. $12,500
Call 970-215-1471
CASH FOR CARS! Any Make, Mod-el or Year. We Pay MORE! Run-ning or Not. Sell Your Car or TruckTODAY. Free Towing! Instant Of-fer: 1-888-545-8647
_____________________________SAVE $$$ on AUTO INSURANCEfrom the major names you knowand trust. No forms. No hassle. Noobligation. Call READY FOR MYQUOTE now! CALL 1-877-890-6843
_____________________________Got junk cars? Get $ PAID TODAY.FREE towing. Licensed towers.$1,000 FREE gift vouchers! ALLMakes-ALL Models! Call today.
1-888-870-0422
Collector Only: 1979 VOLVO 242DL,2.1, Mint Condition, 50,517Miles, Always Garaged, $7100(303)841-2682
Jeep Grand Cherokee 2007V6, auto, radio, A/C, 4- wheel drive.
Great condition- excellent formountain driving. 93k miles
Call 303-287-3783 $12,000
Motorcycles/ATV’s
2007 Suzuki DR650Less than 5k miles, Many newparts, runs good, extras, free trailerw/no title $3600 (720)347-9686
RV’s and Campers
2011 Snug Top TopperLarge windows, excellent condition
all accessories includedWhite, '07-'13 GMC 6ft bed
$600720-454-7043
2013 Curt R-20 (20,000lbs) 5thwheel slider hitch for short
bed pick ups. Asking $1200303-450-2432 or 303-910-4375
Class A motorhome- Like new con-dition, less than 10k miles. 2005Georgetown forest river XL, 2 slideouts, color back up camera w/mic,V10 motor, full tub w/shower, 2 roofa/c, sleeps 5, gas stove/oven + mi-crowave, corian counter $44k
Call Barb 303-988-6265 or Tom720-940-7754 PRICED REDUCED
Wanted
Cash for all Carsand Trucks
Under $1000Running or not.Any condition
(303)741-0762bestcashforcars.com
Top Cash Paid for Junk CarsUp to $500
720-333-6832Your Community Connectorto Boundless Rewards
We are community.
Carpet/Flooring
Joe SouthworthCommercial & Residential Sales
Joes Carpet Service, Inc.
New Carpet Sales • Wholesale PricingInstallation • Restretch • RepairsCall foR youR fRee eStImate
720.227.1409Thomas Floor Covering
303-781-4919
~ Carpet Restretching~ Repair ~Remnant Installs
Residential & Commercial
In home carpet& vinyl sales
Cleaning
Ali’s Cleaning Services
Call Ali @ 720-300-6731
Residential and Commercial Cleaning• 15yrs experience• Detailed,Honest,Dependable
•WindowCleaning• Insured&Bonded•Great Customer Service
• DepenDable •• Thorough •
• honesT •
12 yearsexperience.
Great References
Cleaning
A continental flairDetailed cleaning at reasonable rates.
720.283.2155ReferencesAvailable
Honest & Dependable
Residential • CommercialMove Outs • New Construction
Just Details Cleaning ServiceWhen “OK”Just isn’t good enough
-Integrity & Quality Since 1984For more information visit: JustDetailsCleaningService.comCall Rudy303-549-7944 for free est.
Concrete/Paving
Concrete/Paving
All Phases of Flat Work by
T.M. CONCRETEDriveways, Sidewalks, PatiosTear-outs, colored & stampedconcrete. Quality work, Lic./Ins.Reasonable rates"Small Jobs OK!"303-514-7364
FBM Concrete LLC.
Free Estimates17 Years ExperienceLicensed & Insured
Driveways, patios, stamp &colored concrete.
All kinds of flat work.Let us do good work for you!
(720)217-8022
Deck/Patio
UTDOOR ESIGNS, INC
“Specializing in Composite Redwood and Cedar
Construction for Over 30 Years”• Decks • Fences • Stairs • Overhangs •
303-471-2323
Deck/Patio
www.decksunlimited.com
720-635-0418Littleton
Denver’s PremierCustom Deck Builder
Deck RestoreRepair • Power Wash
Stain • Seal
Free EstimatesHighly Experienced
Bill 720-842-1716 FREE ESTIMATES
BEST PRICES30+ years experienceClem: 303-973-6991
• Repairs • Sanding • Stain• Pressure Washing • Paint & Seal
• FREE ESTIMATES •
www.coloradodeckandfence.com
303-261-6163
Colorado #1
Deck & FenceRestoration & Refinishing
PRoFessional
303-683-7990 • Trex Pro
Custom designs that �t your lifestyle…
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PAUL TIMMConstruction/Repair
DrywallServing Your Area
Since 1974303-841-3087 303-898-9868
We Specialize in AllResidential Drywall Needs
Drywall Repair • RemodelsAdditions • Basements • Texture
Popcorn Ceilings replacedwith texture of choice
One Year Warranty On All Work
10% offlAboRWith AD
since 1989
fRee eStimAteS303-688-9221 office720-331-0314 cell
Drywall FinishingMike Martis, Owner
35 Years ExperiencePatches • Repairs • Texturing
Basements • Additions • Remodels• Painting & Wallpaper Removal
(303)988-1709 cell (720)373-1696www.123drywall.com
We AcceptAll Major
Credit Cards
Sanders Drywall Inc.All phases to include
Acoustic scrape and re-textureRepairs to full basement finishes
Water damage repairsInterior paint, door & trim installs
30+ years experienceInsured
Free estimatesDarrell 303-915-0739
A PATCH TO MATCHDrywall Repair Specialist
• HomeRenovationandRemodel
• 30yearsExperience• Insured• Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Highly rated & screened contractor byHome Advisor & Angies list
Call Ed 720-328-5039
HIGHLANDS HOMEIMPROVEMENT, INC.
303-791-4000
FREE EstimatesA+
General Repair & RemodelPaul Boggs Master Electrician
Licensed/Insured/Guaranteed
Affordable Electrician25 yrs experience
Remodel expert, kitchen,basements, & service panel
upgrades.No job too small. Senior disc.
720-690-7645
Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in
Colorado for 23 years.Residential/Commercial/Farm & Ranch
FencingLow rates, Free estimates
Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270
Garage Doors
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Deck/Patio
• Repairs • Sanding • Stain• Pressure Washing • Paint & Seal
• FREE ESTIMATES •
www.coloradodeckandfence.com
303-261-6163
Colorado #1
Deck & FenceRestoration & Refinishing
PRoFessional
303-683-7990 • Trex Pro
Custom designs that �t your lifestyle…
T h e L o w e r D e c k . n e t
Drywall
PAUL TIMMConstruction/Repair
DrywallServing Your Area
Since 1974303-841-3087 303-898-9868
We Specialize in AllResidential Drywall Needs
Drywall Repair • RemodelsAdditions • Basements • Texture
Popcorn Ceilings replacedwith texture of choice
One Year Warranty On All Work
10% offlAboRWith AD
since 1989
fRee eStimAteS303-688-9221 office720-331-0314 cell
Drywall FinishingMike Martis, Owner
35 Years ExperiencePatches • Repairs • Texturing
Basements • Additions • Remodels• Painting & Wallpaper Removal
(303)988-1709 cell (720)373-1696www.123drywall.com
We AcceptAll Major
Credit Cards
Sanders Drywall Inc.All phases to include
Acoustic scrape and re-textureRepairs to full basement finishes
Water damage repairsInterior paint, door & trim installs
30+ years experienceInsured
Free estimatesDarrell 303-915-0739
A PATCH TO MATCHDrywall Repair Specialist
• HomeRenovationandRemodel
• 30yearsExperience• Insured• Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Highly rated & screened contractor byHome Advisor & Angies list
Call Ed 720-328-5039
Electricians
HIGHLANDS HOMEIMPROVEMENT, INC.
303-791-4000
FREE EstimatesA+
General Repair & RemodelPaul Boggs Master Electrician
Licensed/Insured/Guaranteed
Affordable Electrician25 yrs experience
Remodel expert, kitchen,basements, & service panel
upgrades.No job too small. Senior disc.
720-690-7645
Fence Services
Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in
Colorado for 23 years.Residential/Commercial/Farm & Ranch
FencingLow rates, Free estimates
Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270Scott, Owner 720-364-5270
Garage Doors
Garage Doors
Owner Operated
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303-716-0643
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For all your garage door needs!
• Springs, Repairs • New Doors and Openers • Barn and Arena Doors • Locally-Owned & Operated• Tom Martino’s Referral List 10 Yrs • BBB Gold Star Member Since 2002
Handyman
DeSpain’s Home SolutionS
DepenDable, Reliable SeRvice
Over 30 Years ExperienceLicensed & Insured
Solving All your Remodeling & Repair Problems – Just Ask!
Eric DeSpain 303-840-1874
HIGHLANDS HOMEIMPROVEMENT, INC.
303-791-4000
FREE EstimatesA+
General Repair & Remodel“We Also Specialize in Electrical Projects”Licensed/Insured/Guaranteed
Kitchen, Bathroom & Basement. Interior & Exterior Painting.
Deck Installation, Coating & Repairs. Window & Tile Installation. Plumbing. Home Repairs.
REmoDElIng:
25 Years Exp. Free Estimates Fully Insured
CALL 720.351.1520
Service, Inc.
David’sDavid’s
“HONEY-DO’S DONE THATYOUR HONEY DON’T DO.”— SMALL JOBS INSIDE AND OUT —
JIM 303.818.6319INSURED!
Victor’sHandyman Service
• carpentry • painting • general home repair
• over 30 years experience
Call (720) 541-4625for a free estimate
• satisfaction guaranteed •
Oak ValleyConstructionServing Douglas
County for 30 years
H BathroomH BasementsH KitchensH DrywallH Decks
CALL 303-995-4810Licensed & Insured
www.oakvalleyconstruction.com
BASEMENTS | BATHROOMS | KITCHENSServing Douglas County for 30 Years
Licensed & InsuredCall Ray Worley303-688-5021
Handyman
AFFORDABLEHANDYMANAFFORDABLEHANDYMANCarpentry • Painting Tile • Drywall • Roof RepairsPlumbing • ElectricalKitchen • BasementsBath RemodelsProperty Building Maintenance
Free Estimates • ReliableLicensed • Bonded Insured • Senior Discount
No Service in Parker or Castle Rock
Ron Massa Office 303-642-3548Cell 720-363-5983
Remodel andhome repairs
Reasonable Handyman repairsand remodel inside and outside.
Free Estimatecall Al 720-308-6741
Hardwood Floors
independentHardwood Floor Co, LLC
• Dust Contained Sanding• New or Old Wood
• Hardwood Installationinsured/FRee estimates
Brian 303-907-1737
Hauling Service
HAULERSBronco
FREE ESTIMATESCall 720-257-1996
• Dependable • Affordable •• Prompt Service 7 days a week •
• Foreclosure and Rental clean-outs •• Garage clean-outs •
• Furniture •• Appliances •
• Home • Business • Junk & Debris• Furniture • Appliances
• Tree Limbs • Moving Trash • Carpet• Garage Clean Out
Call Bernie 303.347.2303
Free estimates7 days a Week
Instant Trash HaulingInstant Trash Haulingtrash hauling
Dirt, Rock, Concrete, Sod & Asphalt
Home Improvement
HIGHLANDS HOMEIMPROVEMENT, INC.
Licensed/Insured
General Repair, Remodel, Electrical,Plumbing, Custom Kitchen & Bath,Tile Installation & Basement Finish
303-791-4000FREE Estimates
For ALL your Remodeling& Repair Needs A+
• Shower Doors •• Mirrors •
• Windows •Fast Friendly Service
20% OFF*303-960-0071*New orders only.
good ‘til Nov. 30, 2013
Accent Glass
Landscaping/Nurseries
Professional Landscape Service• Paver - Flagstone Patios• Planter, Retaining Walls• Full Landscape Service
720-724-3658$350.00 off any complete project
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Aspen View Academy classes beginCharter opens with 650 uniformed studentsBy Jane Reuterjreuter@ourcoloradonews.com
Fifth-grader Ella Stasiak tugged at her pale blue Aspen View Academy blouse.
“It’s just kinda scratchy,” she said.
Her friend and neighbor, third-grader Carter Shelton, fid-dled with the ends of his blue tie.
“I think it’s better to wear uni-forms,” he said. “It’s not that hard to get dressed every morning.”
Stasiak and Shelton were among 650 uniformed students reporting for their first day of school at Aspen View Academy, Douglas County’s newest school; 200 more students are on a wait-ing list. That’s an irony for the school’s founder, Jonathan Nye, who was inspired to build Aspen View by years-long waiting lists he found at other Douglas Coun-ty charter schools.
On Sept. 3, his three children were among the hundreds who flowed through the doors for the first time.
“I’m elated,” said Nye, a soft-ware salesman. “It was really a grassroots movement. We set up a table at the local King Soopers and started passing out fliers. First there were two of us, then 10 people, then 50.”
The two-story K-6 charter, eventually designed to serve K-8 students, is in Castle Rock’s Meadows neighborhood. In a unique partnership, the Douglas County School District helped Aspen View secure financing for the school.
In exchange, Aspen View ac-cepted some of the children who
otherwise would attend over-flowing neighborhood schools in the high-growth area.
“This school saved two schools in the Meadows from go-ing to four-track,” said Nye.
Four-track is a form of year-round school.
About 65 percent of students at Aspen View are from the Mead-ows, with another 25-30 percent from elsewhere in Castle Rock.
“I don’t know that we’re dif-ferent,” Nye said. “We just offer a choice for parents. But we’re still a district school.
“We’re core knowledge with an emphasis on math, technol-ogy and language arts. We’re a big believer in culture and core values.”
Students also will be taught Latin, and placed in groupings that allow them to learn accord-ing to their abilities.
Another differentiator: The uniforms.
On opening day, girls wore
blue plaid skirts and pale blue blouses embroidered with the Aspen View Academy name and logo. Boys wore gray pants with pale blue button-down Aspen View shirts; many also wore blue plaid ties that matched the girls’ skirts.
It’s a new way of dressing not just for most of the students, but their parents as well.
“The uniforms are a new thing,” said parent Karen Mc-Connell, whose oldest son pre-viously attended nearby Clear Sky Elementary. “It’s different. It sounds great, but I guess we’ll see how it goes.”
She was unreservedly excited, however, about the new school.
Clear Sky “was getting crowd-ed with all the new housing,” Mc-Connell said. “I like the ability-based grouping they offer here.”
Staff members shared a simi-lar sense of anticipation.
“I couldn’t sleep last night,” said teacher Traci Waters.
Aspen View Academy assistant principal Jason Edwards, in suit, and teacher Luke Mund high-five students as they enter the school on its opening day. Photo by Jane Reuter
debuted a documentary critical of DCSD’s education reforms at the center Sept. 3. About 200 people at-tended the screening.
Parker police, called because the teens reportedly were standing on private property at the Mainstreet Center, asked the two to remove their masks.
“The kids said some guy paid them to stand there,” Parker Police Sgt. Andy Coleman said, adding the teens were cooperative and quickly moved to public property. “They didn’t know for what reason, but he just paid them so they did. The kids didn’t know what the signs meant.”
The kids aren’t the only ones baf-fled by the signs. Five Grinches first appeared outside the DCSD ad-
ministration building for a March school board meeting, distributing messages to those who entered the building.
“The nerve of those Whos … those parents … and the teachers who don’t want union dues stripped from their paycheck,” the note read. “They want more choices! We want to take away the choices. Choices bad. Union good. We know best. Signed: Grinches and the Douglas County Teachers Union.”
DCSD officials said they had no knowledge of the Grinches’ identity or connections to them. The Doug-las County Federation teachers’ union also said the Grinches are not tied to their organization.
“We are in no way affiliated with anybody that would show up dressed in costume and cover their faces,” union vice president Court-ney Smith said. “They are purposely trying to mislead people to believe they were representing the union.”
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to five years, though Henley said a location has not been chosen.
“This is one of the last highly populated regions in Colorado that is not being served in a meaningful way by a public four-year institu-tion of higher education, and we believe that through collaboration and partnerships, the CSU System can help build a new model to de-liver local, high-quality degree pro-grams that meet the needs of the south-metro region’s students and businesses,” said Martin.
Brackney applauds that ap-proach.
“Business leaders have been ad-vocating a four-year public institute of higher education in south-met-ro Denver for decades, and now, thanks to CSU, that vision is coming to reality soon,” he said.
In turn, university officials credit the chamber for driving the effort.
“We’re honored that they ap-proached the CSU System as their first choice for a higher-education partner,” said Martin. “We’ve looked very closely at this for nearly a year and see tremendous opportunity for the CSU System to bring real value to local students, families and industry in Denver’s South Metro area.”
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Brenner’s loss is others’ gain
Bob Brenner, the “Extreme Weight Loss” record breaker on the hit ABC television series, was so transformed by his experience on the show that he has announced plans to become a certified life coach to help others realize weight loss success.
To achieve his life coach certification, Brenner is partnering with the Colorado-based school Coach Training Alliance to become a credentialed coach. He is expected to earn his life coach certification in November.
During his yearlong journey on “Ex-treme Weight Loss” season three (season four is being filmed at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Health and Well-ness Center in Aurora), Brenner lost a record 253 pounds — or 56 percent of his body weight — through a commitment to healthy eating, regular exercise and mental perseverance.
His next extreme transformation is a total career makeover — going from Milwaukee undercover cop to national life coach. Brenner also remains good friends with “Extreme Weight Loss” host Chris Powell. Both guys were in Denver the first weekend in September.
Show makes a moveChinook Tavern, 6380 S. Fiddlers Green
Circle in the Regis University building in Greenwood Village off I-25 and Arapahoe, is the new venue for this year’s edition of “The John Fox Show,” which airs at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays on 7News.
On the first show (Fox appeared via a taped interview because of the season opener against the Ravens), Broncos Ring-of-Famer and all-time leading wide receiver Rod Smith joined 7Sports anchor Lionel Bienvenu live from the restaurant.
Each week, different football guests will join Bienvenu and fans will have the op-portunity to be a part of the live show.
“Everybody knows the Broncos have an incredible hold on the heart of our city, and this is an exciting way for Chinook and our guests to go `inside the huddle’ this sea-son, which could be a very memorable one for Broncos fans,” said Clemens Georg, Chinook general manager.
Valley girls and guys?Colorado is fast encroaching on Silicon
Valley’s crown as the king of incubators for tech startup companies, according to en-trepreneur.com (www.entrepreneur.com/article/227829).
According to the story posted Aug. 14, “Four of the top 10 metro regions in the U.S. with the most tech startups are in Colorado: Boulder, Fort Collins-Loveland, Denver and Colorado Springs. That’s ac-cording to a report released (recently) by technology policy coalition engine and entrepreneurship research association the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.”
The research defines high-tech startups as “new businesses with a concentration of employees in the fields of science, technol-ogy, engineering and math.”
Here’s how Colorado cities stacked up: 1. Boulder; 2. Fort Collins-Loveland; 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (aka Silicon Valley); 4. Cambridge-New-Fram-ingham, Mass.; 5. Seattle; 6. Denver; 7. San
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Buses carried children eager to enjoy a break from school and take their learning outside to the first two days of the Sept. 5-7 Highlands Ranch Days, while day three provided an opportunity
for the community to come together and celebrate the past. Mile Hi Pow Wow dancers, HawkQuest, trappers, beekeepers
and blacksmiths gave the youngsters lessons they will remember for years, while kids took hayrides, got on the backs
of horses and spent time in the petting zoo as well.
Photos by Ryan boldRey
Eldorado Elementary School second-grader Amy Schulte takes a ride on Oskar during the first day of the 2013 Highlands Ranch Days. Oskar was being led around the grounds near the Highlands Ranch Mansion by Douglas County Natural Resource Specialist Jackie Sanderson.
A member of the Mile Hi Pow Wow Association plays the flute during the first day of Highlands Ranch Days. Members of the association played music and danced all three days, Sept. 5-7, on the Highlands Ranch Mansion grounds.
Trapper Johnny shows off a variety of pelts to visitors at Highlands Ranch Days Sept. 5 outside the Highlands Ranch Mansion.
Kate of HawkQuest takes a barn owl around Highlands Ranch Days Sept. 5 while local elementary-school children watch the demonstration. HawkQuest was present all three days, doing demonstrations each day.
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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE
Lone TreeNOTICE OF SALE
Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0473
To Whom It May Concern: On 7/11/2013the 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: TERRANCE D SHUMP-ERT AND DEQUITA SHUMPERTOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSOF THE CWMBS INC., CHL MORT-GAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-OA5, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OA5Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/25/2006Recording Date of DOT: 2/10/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006011954DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $617,600.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $654,378.26Pursuant 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 62, THE FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 8432 FairviewCourt, 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, October 30, 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: 9/5/2013Last Publication: 10/3/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 7/17/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:ALISON L BERRYColorado Registration #: 34531999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #: (303) 865-1400Fax #: (303) 865-1410Attorney File #: 08-12958R*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/
Legal Notice No.: 2013-0473First Publication: 9/5/2013Last Publication: 10/3/2013Publisher: Douglas County News Press
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To Whom It May Concern: On 7/11/2013the 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: TERRANCE D SHUMP-ERT AND DEQUITA SHUMPERTOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSOF THE CWMBS INC., CHL MORT-GAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-OA5, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OA5Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/25/2006Recording Date of DOT: 2/10/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006011954DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $617,600.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $654,378.26Pursuant 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 62, THE FAIRWAYS FILING NO. 1-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 8432 FairviewCourt, 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, October 30, 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: 9/5/2013Last Publication: 10/3/2013Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 7/17/2013GEORGE J KENNEDYDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:ALISON L BERRYColorado Registration #: 34531999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #: (303) 865-1400Fax #: (303) 865-1410Attorney File #: 08-12958R*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/
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DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT4000 Justice WayCastle Rock, CO
Douglas County, CO 80109
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OFCOLORADOIn the Interest of:DONOVAN ARELLANO,D.O.B. 03/04/2012AMERICA ARELLANO,D.O.B. 04/25/2009KAELIN ARELLANO,D.O.B. 08/24/2007Children
And concerning:WENDY ARELLANO, MotherJOSE MIGUEL, Father of DONOVANJOSE HERNANDEC, Possible Father ofAMERICA,RAUL GACOEVO, Possible Father ofAMERICAJOHN DOE, Possible Fatherof AMERICARespondentsAttorney for the Department:John Thirkell4400 Castleton Ct.Castle Rock, CO 80109Phone Number: 303-663-7726FAX Number: 303-688-5894Atty. Reg.#13865E-Mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.usCase Number: 12JV277Division 2
DEPENDENCY SUMMONS
This Summons is initiated pursuant toRule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juven-ile Procedure, Rule 4 of the ColoradoRules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2011.
TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMEDABOVE: You are hereby notified that apetition has been filed which alleges thatthe above-named children are dependentor neglected as per the facts set forth inthe Dependency and Neglect Petition, acopy of which may be obtained at the of-fice of John Thirkell, at the above address.
A hearing has been set for the 18th day ofNovember, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Division2, Douglas County District Court, 4000Justice Way, 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, ap-pointment of counsel by the Court. Ter-mination of your parent-child legal rela-tionship to free your children for adoptionis a possible remedy in this proceeding. Ifthat remedy is pursued, you are entitled toa hearing before a Judge. You also havethe right, if you are indigent, to have theCourt appoint, at no expense to you, oneexpert witness of your own choosing atany hearing on the termination of yourparent-child relationship. If you are aminor, you have the right to the appoint-ment of a Guardian ad litem to representyour 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 sec. 19-1-108(5), C.R.S.2009, and subsequently, to the right of ap-peal as provided by Colorado AppellateRule 3.4.
This summons is being initiated by theDouglas County Department of HumanServices through its counsel.
Dated: August 30, 2012John Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney
Legal Notice No.: 924057First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Misc. Private Legals
In the Interest of:DONOVAN ARELLANO,D.O.B. 03/04/2012AMERICA ARELLANO,D.O.B. 04/25/2009KAELIN ARELLANO,D.O.B. 08/24/2007Children
And concerning:WENDY ARELLANO, MotherJOSE MIGUEL, Father of DONOVANJOSE HERNANDEC, Possible Father ofAMERICA,RAUL GACOEVO, Possible Father ofAMERICAJOHN DOE, Possible Fatherof AMERICARespondentsAttorney for the Department:John Thirkell4400 Castleton Ct.Castle Rock, CO 80109Phone Number: 303-663-7726FAX Number: 303-688-5894Atty. Reg.#13865E-Mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.usCase Number: 12JV277Division 2
DEPENDENCY SUMMONS
This Summons is initiated pursuant toRule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juven-ile Procedure, Rule 4 of the ColoradoRules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2011.
TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMEDABOVE: You are hereby notified that apetition has been filed which alleges thatthe above-named children are dependentor neglected as per the facts set forth inthe Dependency and Neglect Petition, acopy of which may be obtained at the of-fice of John Thirkell, at the above address.
A hearing has been set for the 18th day ofNovember, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Division2, Douglas County District Court, 4000Justice Way, 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, ap-pointment of counsel by the Court. Ter-mination of your parent-child legal rela-tionship to free your children for adoptionis a possible remedy in this proceeding. Ifthat remedy is pursued, you are entitled toa hearing before a Judge. You also havethe right, if you are indigent, to have theCourt appoint, at no expense to you, oneexpert witness of your own choosing atany hearing on the termination of yourparent-child relationship. If you are aminor, you have the right to the appoint-ment of a Guardian ad litem to representyour 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 sec. 19-1-108(5), C.R.S.2009, and subsequently, to the right of ap-peal as provided by Colorado AppellateRule 3.4.
This summons is being initiated by theDouglas County Department of HumanServices through its counsel.
Dated: August 30, 2012John Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney
Legal Notice No.: 924057First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Misc. Private Legals
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, ap-pointment of counsel by the Court. Ter-mination of your parent-child legal rela-tionship to free your children for adoptionis a possible remedy in this proceeding. Ifthat remedy is pursued, you are entitled toa hearing before a Judge. You also havethe right, if you are indigent, to have theCourt appoint, at no expense to you, oneexpert witness of your own choosing atany hearing on the termination of yourparent-child relationship. If you are aminor, you have the right to the appoint-ment of a Guardian ad litem to representyour 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 sec. 19-1-108(5), C.R.S.2009, and subsequently, to the right of ap-peal as provided by Colorado AppellateRule 3.4.
This summons is being initiated by theDouglas County Department of HumanServices through its counsel.
Dated: August 30, 2012John Thirkell, #13865Assistant Douglas County Attorney
Legal Notice No.: 924057First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF CONTRACTORSSETTLEMENT
COUNTY OF DOUGLASSTATE OF COLORADO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant toSection 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended,that on the 7th day of OCTOBER 2013, fi-nal settlement will be made by theCounty of Douglas, State of Colorado, forand on account of a contract betweenDouglas County and WHITE CON-STRUCTION GROUP for INVITATIONFOR BID (IFB) #010-13, HERITAGE ME-MORIAL PLAZA, PHASE I (PO#33300),in Douglas County; and that any person,co-partnership, association or corporationthat has an unpaid claim against saidWHITE CONSTRUCTION GROUP for oron account for the furnishing of labor, ma-terials, team hire, sustenance, provisions,provender or other supplies used or con-sumed by such contractor or any subcon-tractors in or about the performance ofsaid work, or that supplied rental ma-chinery, tools, or equipment to the extentused in the prosecution of said work, mayat any time up to and including said timeof such final settlement on said 7th day ofOCTOBER 2013, to file a verified state-ment of the amount due and unpaid on ac-count of such claim with the DouglasCounty Government, Board of CountyCommissioners, c/o Fairgrounds Man-ager, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104.
Failure on the part of the claimant to filesuch statement prior to such final settle-ment will relieve said County of Douglasfrom al l and any l iabi l i ty for suchclaimant’s claim. The Board of DouglasCounty Commissioners of the County ofDouglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs,CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, DouglasCounty Government.
Legal Notice No.: 924038First Publication: September 5, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)NO. 037-13
QUEUING MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
The Clerk and Recorder’s Office ofDouglas County Government, hereinafterreferred to as the County, respectfully re-quests information from responsible, quali-fied firms for the provision of a queuingmanagement solution, as specified. Thepurpose of this document is to provide aninitial gathering of information fromvendors concerning their business,product offering, high-level architecture,and a fit-gap of their product offering com-pared to the Business Requirement Docu-ment provided by the County. This is afirst step in information gathering andvendors should expect additional corres-pondence from the County for clarificationof answers provided.
The RFI document may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. While the RFIdocument is available electronically,Douglas County cannot accept electronicRFI responses.
RFI responses will be received until 4:00p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2013 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, 100 Third Street, Suite 130,Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. RFI re-sponses shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “RFI No. 037-13,Queuing Management Solution”. Elec-tronic and/or faxed responses will not beaccepted. Responses will not be con-sidered which are received after the timestated and any responses so received willbe returned unopened.
Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all RFI responses,to waive formalities, informalities, or irreg-ularities contained in a said RFI and fur-thermore, to award a contract for itemsherein, either in whole or in part, if it isdeemed to be in the best interest of theCounty to do so. Additionally, we reservethe right to negotiate optional items and/orservices with the respondents.
Please direct any questions concerningthis RFI to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Su-p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 0 o rcriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.
Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPBPurchasing Supervisor
Legal Notice No.: 924064First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Government Legals
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)NO. 037-13
QUEUING MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
The Clerk and Recorder’s Office ofDouglas County Government, hereinafterreferred to as the County, respectfully re-quests information from responsible, quali-fied firms for the provision of a queuingmanagement solution, as specified. Thepurpose of this document is to provide aninitial gathering of information fromvendors concerning their business,product offering, high-level architecture,and a fit-gap of their product offering com-pared to the Business Requirement Docu-ment provided by the County. This is afirst step in information gathering andvendors should expect additional corres-pondence from the County for clarificationof answers provided.
The RFI document may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. While the RFIdocument is available electronically,Douglas County cannot accept electronicRFI responses.
RFI responses will be received until 4:00p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2013 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, 100 Third Street, Suite 130,Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. RFI re-sponses shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “RFI No. 037-13,Queuing Management Solution”. Elec-tronic and/or faxed responses will not beaccepted. Responses will not be con-sidered which are received after the timestated and any responses so received willbe returned unopened.
Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all RFI responses,to waive formalities, informalities, or irreg-ularities contained in a said RFI and fur-thermore, to award a contract for itemsherein, either in whole or in part, if it isdeemed to be in the best interest of theCounty to do so. Additionally, we reservethe right to negotiate optional items and/orservices with the respondents.
Please direct any questions concerningthis RFI to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Su-p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 0 o rcriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.
Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPBPurchasing Supervisor
Legal Notice No.: 924064First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)#036-13
INMATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
The Sheriff’s Office of Douglas CountyGovernment, hereinafter referred to as theCounty, respectfully requests proposalsfrom responsible, qualified firms for theprovision of comprehensive HealthcareAdministration, Medical, Pharmaceutical,Mental Health, and Dental Health Ser-vices at the Douglas County Detention Fa-cility.
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013,THERE WILL BE A SITE VISIT RE-LATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE SITEVISIT WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTEDPARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEWTHE WORK SITE LOCATION AND DIS-CUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THESITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT 1:00 P.M. INTHE LOBBY OF THE ROBERT A.CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE CENTER, 4000JUSTICE WAY, CASTLE ROCK, COL-ORADO 80109. EACH PERSON MUSTCLEAR SECURITY BEFORE ENTER-ING THE LOBBY; THE SITE VISIT WILLBEGIN PROMPTLY AT 1:00 PM.
The RFP documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. RFP docu-ments are not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website.
Proposal responses will be received until3:00 p.m. on Friday, October 11, 2013 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. The copies of your propos-al response shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “Request forProposal (RFP) #036-13, Inmate Health-care Services” and mailed or hand-car-ried to the address shown above prior tothe due date and time. Electronic/faxedproposals will not be accepted. Propos-als will not be considered which are re-ceived after the time stated, and any pro-posals so received will be returned un-opened.
Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all proposals, towaive formalities, informalities, or irregu-larities contained in a said proposal andfurthermore, to award a contract for itemsherein, either in whole or in part, if it isdeemed to be in the best interest of theCounty to do so. Additionally, we reservethe right to negotiate optional items and/orservices with the successful firm.
Please direct any questions concerningthis RFP to Carolyn Riggs, PurchasingS u p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 0 o rcriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.
Legal Notice No.: 924067First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Government Legals
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)#036-13
INMATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
The Sheriff’s Office of Douglas CountyGovernment, hereinafter referred to as theCounty, respectfully requests proposalsfrom responsible, qualified firms for theprovision of comprehensive HealthcareAdministration, Medical, Pharmaceutical,Mental Health, and Dental Health Ser-vices at the Douglas County Detention Fa-cility.
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013,THERE WILL BE A SITE VISIT RE-LATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE SITEVISIT WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTEDPARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEWTHE WORK SITE LOCATION AND DIS-CUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THESITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT 1:00 P.M. INTHE LOBBY OF THE ROBERT A.CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE CENTER, 4000JUSTICE WAY, CASTLE ROCK, COL-ORADO 80109. EACH PERSON MUSTCLEAR SECURITY BEFORE ENTER-ING THE LOBBY; THE SITE VISIT WILLBEGIN PROMPTLY AT 1:00 PM.
The RFP documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. RFP docu-ments are not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website.
Proposal responses will be received until3:00 p.m. on Friday, October 11, 2013 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. The copies of your propos-al response shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “Request forProposal (RFP) #036-13, Inmate Health-care Services” and mailed or hand-car-ried to the address shown above prior tothe due date and time. Electronic/faxedproposals will not be accepted. Propos-als will not be considered which are re-ceived after the time stated, and any pro-posals so received will be returned un-opened.
Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all proposals, towaive formalities, informalities, or irregu-larities contained in a said proposal andfurthermore, to award a contract for itemsherein, either in whole or in part, if it isdeemed to be in the best interest of theCounty to do so. Additionally, we reservethe right to negotiate optional items and/orservices with the successful firm.
Please direct any questions concerningthis RFP to Carolyn Riggs, PurchasingS u p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 0 o rcriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.
Legal Notice No.: 924067First Publication: September 12, 2013Last Publication: September 12, 2013Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Francisco; 8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.; 9. Colorado Springs; 10. Cheyenne, Wyo.
The seenPop star and teen heart-
throb Justin Bieber and entourage were spotted by Facebook posters on Monday who said they saw him at Beta nightclub, 1909 Blake St., and at Chloe Discotheque on 14th and Market.
Spotted on the snow-less slopes, “Today Show” fourth-hour host Hoda Kotb with a “new (male) friend” hiking in Colorado’s mountains during Labor Day weekend.
“We did a two-mile hike straight up a mountain,” Kotb told co-host Kathie Lee Gifford during a recent show. “You can’t breathe and your chest is about to explode because of the (lack of) air.”
“He has the nicest smile,” Gifford interjected. “What does he see in you?”
On Kotb’s return flight to NYC, she chatted and posed for pictures with singer Aaron Neville, who performed during Denver’s Taste of Colorado at Civic
Center Park.
Nelson Rangell to performDenver-based jazz
performer Nelson Rangell will help the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra open its 2013-14 season at the Lone Tree Arts Center at 8 p.m. Sept. 20.
Born in Castle Rock and a Denver resident, Rangell has been hailed internationally as one of the world’s best saxophone players.
Details and tickets are at lonetreeartscenter.org.
OverheardEavesdropping on one
male golfer comment-ing on another man’s watch, on the deck enjoy-ing a beer after golf at Fossil Trace: “That’s a nice watch ... is it a Rolodex?”
Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restau-rants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colora-do.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyp-arker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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ParkerWestern historian wins Six Shooter AwardIn his Arapahoe Community Col-
lege classrooms, Jeff Broome teaches philosophy, but outside of those walls, he focuses many hours on scholarship in Western history.
He writes articles and books and speaks about his area of expertise, the Indian Wars and the period in which they occurred. He recently won The Six Shooter Award from the Wild West History Association for “the best general history article in 2012,” an ar-ticle in Wild West Magazine entitled “Wild Bill’s Brawl with Two of Custer’s Troops.”
It’s about Wild Bill Hickok in Hays, Kan., in 1870, when Hickok was at-tacked by two soldiers in a bar, Tommy Drum’s Saloon.
In late November, Broome’s latest volume, “Cheyenne War: Indian Raids on the Roads to Denver” will be pub-lished by the Logan County Histori-cal Society in Sterling and Aberdeen Books in Englewood.
Maize mazeThe annual corn maze at Denver
Botanic Gardens at Chatfield will be open Sept. 13 through Halloween: 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays; noon to 9 p.m. Satur-days; noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.
Food, mini maze for little ones, hayrides, pony rides ($5) all are near-by. Tickets: $10/$6, free under 2. 720-865-3500, botanicgardens.org.
Bingo!The PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak
Ave., Parker, presents “Bingo, the Mu-sical” Sept. 12 to 15, directed by Ben Dicke. It’s a new musical, produced by Starkey Productions, about die-hard bingo players — and the audience gets to play with them.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. Tickets start at $20: pacecen-teronline.org, 303-805-6800.
Oktober in SeptemberThe Annual Parker Oktoberfest will
be Sept. 14, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sept. 15, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., in O’Brien Park, 10795 Victorian Drive, Parker. Parkeroktoberfest.com.
Local artists exhibitSouth Suburban recreation centers
feature local artists in September:• Goodson, 6315 S. University Blvd.,
Centennial: Members of the Paint Box Guild exhibit oils, watercolors, acryl-ics.
• Lone Tree, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree: Dustin (Dusty) Haggerty exhibits photographs.
• Douglas A. Buck, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton: Mardelle Espinoza’s landscape and portrait paintings, plus sculpture.
Night sky showArapahoe Community College’s As-
tronomy Program hosts “star parties” to observe the night sky on Sept. 20, Oct. 11 and Nov. 8 outside on the West Lawn with professor Jennifer Jones. Telescope available, no reservations needed.
Free hot cocoa and cookies. 303-797-5839, Jennifer.jones@arapahoe.edu.
Wind Crest artistsA retrospective exhibit by more
than 100 artists who reside at Wind Crest in Highlands Ranch will be dis-played with a reception from 3 to 4 p.m. Sept. 15, open to the public.
A committee including John Lillie, Dorothy Talbott and Anita Jones has been hanging a new selection of works by four artists every two months in the hallways of the clubhouse. This show will include those who have exhibited in the past year.
Lillie says there will be punch and cookies and a book about each previ-ous show.
Parking is available near the club-house, 3235 Mill Vista Road, High-lands Ranch.
Jeff Broome, Arapahoe Community College phi-losophy professor, won the Six Shooter Award for an article about Wild Bill Hickok. Courtesy photo
Have an event?To submit a calendar listing, send information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com.
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Screw Tooth troupe gets around‘Some Kind of Fun’ is 360-degree showBy Sonya Ellingboesellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com
The flexible space in Buntport Theater’s warehouse venue is totally reversed, with a cluster of stools and benches in the cen-ter and a busy, quirky set surrounding 360 degrees.
Music is playing and a man and young girl are drawing on a wall with chalk in one corner as the audience filters in.
Screw Tooth is a new theater-based company which is sharing quirky Buntport Theater’s space this season, with plans to alternate original productions through the year. Artistic Director Adam Stone, who has collaborated on music and special effects for four previous Buntport productions, writes of “exploring a mind against itself; creating, becoming, destroying, rebuild-ing, composing, consuming, childishly tormenting, reeling, reveling, dreaming and seeing … It’s a wild visual and sonic world full of horror, humor and humanity.
“Part theater, part dance, part installa-tion, part question mark.”
“Some Kind of Fun” will provide a win-dow into what to expect of Buntport’s new resident company.”
Concept, direction and design are by Stone and Laura Ann Samuelson, and the cast co-created the production with Stone, while writing is by Stone and Erin Rollman
of Buntport Theater Company.Several parallel stories carry through
the 2½-hour piece, which keeps moving all around the audience, all at once, aug-mented by video, sound effects and music.
Around them, we have a frustrated writ-er who wants to record the scene, but his characters are unruly and he can’t control the story.
Veteran actors Edie Weiss and Chris Kendall mostly stay within a maze he grad-ually builds. In a corner, a golden goddess and associates suddenly appear in one of many instances of satire.
In a diagonal corner, high above the action, a Barbie-like model continually changes wigs and makeup. Stock charac-
ters — like a mother and baby, pair of girls, older wheezing woman, muscle-bound narcissistic guy, family group and more — live and, at times, suffer.
Enter the theater space without precon-ceptions and let it all roll around you. Too long, but fascinating to watch these cre-ative minds at work.
I walked out thinking about the famous 16th-century painting, “Garden of Earthly Delights” by the Dutch artist Hieronymous Bosch, which depicts a swirl of folks and mystical critters in Heaven and Hell.
I was lucky enough to visit it at the Prado in Madrid last year after an intro-duction years ago in college art history lec-tures. Unsettling — yet wondrous.
Adderly White Bigelow performs in a high corner of the theater, constantly changing wigs and style, as part of “Some Kind of Fun” at Buntport Theater. Courtesy photo by William Starr
If you go
“Some Kind of Fun” plays through Sept. 14 at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances are at 8 p.m. Tickets, $15, limited seating, screwtooth.com or 720-946-1388.
Curtain time
No promisesMiners Alley Playhouse revisits Walter
Newton’s adaptation of “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden” from Sept. 13 to Oct. 27. The play is based on Colorado writer Joanne Greenberg’s novel, chronicling mentally ill Debra’s journey with her therapist Dr. Fried, and is directed by Rick Bernstein. The the-ater is at 1224 Washington Ave., Suite 210, Golden. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $19, 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.
It’s elementary“Sherlock Holmes and the Whitecha-
pel Murders” by Brandon Palmer, based on a concept by Wade P. Wood, plays at the Byers-Evans House, 1310 Bannock St., Den-ver, Sept. 13 to Oct. 12. Holmes meets Jack the Ripper. Suitable for ages 13 and older. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Satur-days; 6 p.m. Sundays. Directed by Maggie Stillman and Brandon Palmer. Tickets: $18, 303-620-4933.
Coach fare“The Complete World of Sports
(Abridged),” a regional premiere of another funny piece by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, plays Sept. 20 to Oct. 26 at The Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Directed by Bob Wells. Performances: 7:30 Fridays, Saturdays and Thursdays, Oct. 10, 17, 24; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Tickets: $26, 303-321-5925, avenuetheater.com.
Beatrice, Benedick, et al“Much Ado About Nothing” plays
through Oct. 5 at Spark Theater, 985 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. (No show Friday Sept. 20 or Oct. 4.) Tickets: $20/$15, sparktheater.org. See website for related classes.
‘Stars’ supports school art programsProgram expands to cover all of Douglas CountyBy Sonya Ellingboesellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com
Look for those stars!In 2012, Castle View High School art teacher Julie Hol-
laday gathered like-minded artists and started a nonprofit organization called Stars 4 Castle Rock.
It was intended to raise extra funding for school visual art programs and student scholarships, so students could have supplies they needed to develop new skills and expe-rience the boost to self-esteem that successful interaction with the arts can offer.
Six large metal sculptural stars painted by artists were located around Castle Rock to raise awareness, and they were auctioned at a November Masquerade Gala along with other donated art.
The event was a wonderful success and this fall, the ef-fort is expanded to support visual art programs in all of Douglas County.
Four of last year’s stars are semi-permanently on display in Castle Rock — one outside the Philip S. Miller Library and three at Festival Park.
This year, a total of 12 will be offered and expanded placement for large stars includes: Crowfoot Valley Cof-fee in Castle Rock, The Grange in Castle Rock, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, The Wildlife Experience in Parker, Lone Tree Library, Park Meadows mall and Highlands Ranch Li-brary through the end of October.
Smaller stars can be seen at Roxborough Gallery at the Marketplace and Cherokee Ranch and Castle in Sedalia.
A special contest involves taking a photo with a star and uploading it to Stars 4 Douglas County’s Facebook page by Sept. 30. The person with the most likes will win prizes.
Artists are invited to donate work to be exhibited and auctioned at a live or silent auction at the Nov. 1 Masquer-ade Gala at Cielo in Castle Pines.
The theme is Venetian Nights or stars. Items may be de-livered to the Philip S. Miller Library from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 1. Information and an entry form are found at stars4cas-tlerock.com.
Information also is available at stars4douglascounty@gmail.com.
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Rangell set for jazz show at Lone TreeLocal musician organizes group of top-notch playersBy Sonya Ellingboesellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com
The 2013-2014 season starts at 8 p.m. Sept. 20 for the Colorado Jazz Repertory Or-chestra.
The group was organized last season by saxophonist Art Bouton, a Lone Tree resi-dent, to bring 16 top area jazz musicians to the then-new Lone Tree Arts Center. En-thusiastically received by area jazz fans in the 2012 season, the CJRO will appear four times this year.
“Everything Old is New Again” is the theme of the first concert, described at “big band funk, booty-shakin’ music,” featuring saxophonist Nelson Rangell. He will per-form as part of the CJRO and then be fea-tured with his own Nelson Rangell Quartet.
The band will trace the origins of the mu-sic, beginning with Duke Ellington’s “Rock-in’ in Rhythm” and “Harlem Nocturne,” fol-lowed by sounds of the 1960s and 1970s and arriving at the smooth jazz pop of Rangell.
Rangell, who started playing in the Denver area in the 1980s, is internationally recog-nized. The Times of London wrote that he is “an artist of depth, a master of song and an improviser nonpareil … with extraordinary
facility on a range of instruments ….”He will play soprano, alto and tenor sax-
ophone, flute and perhaps piccolo.Talented band members, who perform
throughout the metro area and nationwide,
include on saxophone Rangell, Bouton, Tom Myer, Elijah Samuels and Wil Swindler.
The trombone section consists of Dar-ren Kramer, Rob Olds, Wade Sander and Lindsey Gardner. Trumpeters are Chris Wal-ters, Gabe Mervin, Dawn Kramer and Dave Rajewski. The rhythm section is made up of Eric Gunnison on piano, Bijoux Barbosa on bass and Mike Marlier on drums.
Future programs:• Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.: “Swingin’ with Duke
Ellington.”• Jan. 10, 8 p.m.: “Tribute to Maynard
Ferguson,” featuring Pete Olstad, an alum-nus of the Ferguson band.
• May 12, 7:30 p.m.: Big Band Blues, with a guest vocalist.
Some of these musicians are academ-ics like Bouton, who is a professor at the University of Denver’s Newman School, and other teach privately and/or freelance. Many are in other area performing groups as well — part of a rich local network of tal-ented artists.
The Lone Tree Arts Center’s fine acous-tics show off the individual and combined talents of these musical professionals espe-cially well.
Tickets cost $20 (plus a $3 service charge). 720-509-1000, LoneTreeArtsCen-ter.org.
The 16-piece Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will start its new season at Lone Tree Arts Center on Sept. 20 in a concert called “Everything Old is New Again.” Courtesy photo
‘Stars’ supports school art programsProgram expands to cover all of Douglas CountyBy Sonya Ellingboesellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com
Look for those stars!In 2012, Castle View High School art teacher Julie Hol-
laday gathered like-minded artists and started a nonprofit organization called Stars 4 Castle Rock.
It was intended to raise extra funding for school visual art programs and student scholarships, so students could have supplies they needed to develop new skills and expe-rience the boost to self-esteem that successful interaction with the arts can offer.
Six large metal sculptural stars painted by artists were located around Castle Rock to raise awareness, and they were auctioned at a November Masquerade Gala along with other donated art.
The event was a wonderful success and this fall, the ef-fort is expanded to support visual art programs in all of Douglas County.
Four of last year’s stars are semi-permanently on display in Castle Rock — one outside the Philip S. Miller Library and three at Festival Park.
This year, a total of 12 will be offered and expanded placement for large stars includes: Crowfoot Valley Cof-fee in Castle Rock, The Grange in Castle Rock, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, The Wildlife Experience in Parker, Lone Tree Library, Park Meadows mall and Highlands Ranch Li-brary through the end of October.
Smaller stars can be seen at Roxborough Gallery at the Marketplace and Cherokee Ranch and Castle in Sedalia.
A special contest involves taking a photo with a star and uploading it to Stars 4 Douglas County’s Facebook page by Sept. 30. The person with the most likes will win prizes.
Artists are invited to donate work to be exhibited and auctioned at a live or silent auction at the Nov. 1 Masquer-ade Gala at Cielo in Castle Pines.
The theme is Venetian Nights or stars. Items may be de-livered to the Philip S. Miller Library from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 1. Information and an entry form are found at stars4cas-tlerock.com.
Information also is available at stars4douglascounty@gmail.com.
The organization recently received a gift of more than $23,000 in art supplies, according to Holladay.
eScience Labs of Denver donated drawing paper pads, pastels, paints, brushes, colored pencils, art sets and more, which will be distributed early in 2014 to 12 lucky schools. (Volunteers are needed to help with distribution.)
Artist Will Lipscomb’s painted metal star is included in the 2013 Stars 4 Douglas County collection. Courtesy photo
Sept. 12
Divorce Seminar. St. Andrew United Methodist Church hosts a 10-week “Rebuilding When your Relationship Ends” seminar, which begins from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 12. The class promotes healing for those going through a divorce, or the ending of a love relationship, and includes education, support and optional social activities. Cost for the 10 weeks is $175, and free child care provided with registration. The church is at 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. For information or to register, contact Beth Walker at 720-352-9915 or bethdwalker@gmail.com.
Sept. 12
Fly FiShing. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and ORVIS will provide a free seminar from 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 12, at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education Building, 6060 Broadway, Denver. To register, e-mail wildlife.neoutreach@state.co.us or call 303-291-7804 and leave a message with name(s), address and phone number, and which event attending. Visit www.orvis.com for more information about the seminar.
Sept. 14
Boot camp. A family fun boot camp to benefit Bright Pink, a nonprofit group
focused on the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer while providing support to individuals at high risk for these diseases, is planned for 10 a.m. Sept. 14 at Lincoln Park, across from Chaparral High School in Parker. The event includes a family boot camp, fitness expo, free massages, temporary tattoos for kids, raffle prizes and music. Registration cost is $15 at 4EverBeFit.com. Free men’s bamboo tee or women’s sports bra to the first 50 registrants.
Sept. 15
paSSport to culture. Physical comedian Reid Belstock and innovative
juggling ace Warren Hammond have teamed up to bring you their show for all ages, Smirk. Garnering comparisons to Abbot and Costello, maniacal goofball Reed and straight edge Warren, are a matched pair of performers with a deep bag of tricks whose juggling and slapstick antics explode off the stage. Their work has earned them multiple awards, including the 2009, and more recently the 2011 IJA Silver Medal in the Team competitions. The show is at 3 p.m. Sept. 15 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Tickets cost $5 and are available at www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.
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Popular chile stand a family affair Landavazo operation open for six weeks every summer By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com
Business success is usually dictated by one’s ability to effectively deliver prod-ucts and services, but it never hurts to be equipped with a glad-to-see-you hand-shake.
It’s part of the charm of Landavazo Chile Connection, a chile stand that sets up shop for six weeks every summer on the Flat Acres Farm property, directly across from Walmart and SuperTarget.
The family-run operation has spent the last decade in Parker building a reputa-tion for selling fresh chiles, trucked up ev-ery week from Hatch, a small New Mexico town known for its chiles. The stand is also a place for a friendly chat.
A short conversation with owner William Landavazo is simultaneously entertaining and educational.
Between apologies to arriving customers for being completely sold out of mild chiles Sept. 1, he explained the varying levels of spiciness.
Landavazo also shares a secret for pre-paring delicious chile-based dishes: Keep it simple.
The customers who elect to brave the hot and extra-hot peppers are assisted by not only Landavazo, but also his mild-
mannered father, Alberto, and soft-spoken 14-year-old son, Philip.
“He stretched a little, so now he helps me roast a lot,” Landavazo says of the latter. “He’s doing good.”
They are pitching in during the absence of Landavazo’s wife, Robin, who is pregnant with their fi fth child. She is due Sept. 23, the day after the chile stand is scheduled to close for the season.
After a slow fi rst week, Parker residents caught on to the temporary presence of Landavazo Chile Connection.
By the end of the second and third week-ends, the stand was mostly sold out of the 4,000 to 7,000 pounds of peppers it keeps on hand. Landavazo, a telecommunica-tions tech by day, expects the waning weeks of the season to be equally busy.
He won’t get much of a break from his seven-days-a-week schedule once the baby is born, but Landavazo doesn’t seem to mind.
Spending time with his family is what he’d prefer to be doing.
They all help the family business, and Landavazo makes sure they get credit for its success. Even email blasts come from “Rob-in, William and all our little chiles.”
Landavazo Chile Connection is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 22. For more infor-mation, visit www.landavazochile.com.
Landavazo Chile Connection is a family operation. William Landavazo, center, gets help from his father, Alberto, and son, Philip. The stand is open until Sept. 22. Photo by Chris Michlewicz
Arts center exhibition offers abstract works Reception will be held before jazz concert By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com
The second in a series of Com-missioners Choice invitational ex-hibits will fi ll the walls of the Lone Tree Arts Center with “Lines in Space,” internationally recognized artist Homare Ikeda’s stunning, richly colored abstract paintings, from Sept. 20 to Nov. 10.
There will be a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. prior to the Colora-do Jazz Repertory Orchestra’s Sept. 20 concert at 8 p.m.
Ikeda, born on the subtropical island of Yoron, near Okinawa, Ja-pan, taught himself Oriental brush techniques by copying, but then became interested in contempo-rary art.
He moved to the United States in 1978 and was connected with the University of Colorado/Boulder by a California professor.
He received a BFA and MFA there and now lives in Parker.
He teaches at the Art Students League and shows his work in group and solo shows.
Ikeda is represented in Denver by the prestigious William Havu
Gallery, which worked with Lone Tree’s recently appointed curator Sally L. Perisho to curate this ex-hibit.
A blending of East and West is found is Ikeda’s paintings, which are linked with classic Abstract Expres-sionism and show little evidence of traditional Japanese art forms. He has said: “My line to me is very Ori-ental and the way I compose forms is Oriental too.”
In his artist statement, Ikeda writes that “the thickly painted sur-face is reminiscent of my journey into the heart of the sea where all my refl ections of life are imbued …. At a certain point in this process, the painting takes over my control. The painting is transformed to the state of unknown ….” The painting speaks to him and leads him to a conclusion.
IF YOU GO
“Lines in Space,” paintings by Homare Ikeda, will be exhibited at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, from Sept. 20 to Nov. 10. A reception will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 20. Viewing hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and prior to performances. Artwork is available for sale at the box o� ce. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.
Actor burns bright as ghostly tiger War in Iraq inspired haunting production By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com
Lights go up with a call to prayer echoing through the the-ater …
Chaos reigned in Baghdad after the invasion of Iraq, and one sad story that emerged was about the starving animals at the zoo there. “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” is playwright Rajiv Joseph’s launch from that news into a challenging theater piece that raises many philosophical questions. It is presented in a re-gional premiere at The Edge The-atre in Lakewood through Sept. 29.
While the New York produc-tion reportedly cost $3 million to stage, resourceful director Richard Cowden, scenic designer Price Johnston and lighting de-signer Andy Killion have crafted a fi nely paced, gripping produc-tion in the small Edge space with minimal props and abundant imagination — and a top-notch cast.
First alive and pacing in a cage, veteran actor Paul Page haunts the stage as the ghostly, confl icted tiger, who has won-
derful lines as he ponders the meaning of it all.
“Tigers are atheists,” he de-clares, wondering who would create a beast of prey, then pun-ish him when he acts according to his nature.
Enter two young soldiers, sent to guard the animals. The young-er, Kev (Kevin Lowry), is trigger-happy and brash, while the other, Tom (Nathan Bock), feels com-passion for the hungry beast. He brags about having stolen Uday Hussein’s golden gun and toilet seat when his unit looted the pal-ace.
He tries to feed the tiger and loses his hand, leading Kev to shoot the animal.
Tiger’s ghost haunts him henceforth, driving him mad.
Sam Gilstrap plays the inter-preter Musa, Hussein’s artistic gardener who created a cluster of topiary animals, which the audi-
ence is led to imagine. Also cast: Yasmin Sweets and Miranda Var-gas, who play several Iraqi wom-en, and Alberto Ocampo, who is the cocky ghost of Uday Hussein in a chilling portrayal.
This extremely well-written script was nominated for a Pu-litzer in drama, and while it did not win, it’s in that top echelon and very much worth a visit. One doesn’t walk out humming a tune certainly, but there’s food for thought that stays with you.
Paul Page plays a tiger lost in the streets of Baghdad in The Edge Theatre’s production of “Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo.” Courtesy photo
IF YOU GO
“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” by Rajiv Joseph plays through Sept. 29 at The Edge Theatre, 560 Teller St., Suite 200, Lakewood. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. *Note that Sept. 13 is sold out and there is no show on Sept. 15. An industry night is added on Sept. 16. Tickets: 303-232-0363, theedgetheater.com.
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Lone TreeSportSBig plays fuel Falcons victoryHighlands Ranch tangles with Ponderosa in non-league gameBy Jim Bentonjbenton@ourcoloradonews.com
The Ponderosa-Highlands Ranch foot-ball game Sept. 6 was dictated by big plays, and Highlands Ranch was the team that gained more yardage in large chunks.
The Falcons evened their record at 1-1 with a 21-7 victory over Ponderosa in the non-league game at Shea Stadium.
This game wasn’t filled with consistent offense from either team, but Highlands Ranch benefited from a few big plays that were decisive.
Highlands Ranch finished the contest with 268 yards total offense and had seven plays that gained 10 yards or more that ac-counted for 198 yards. Ponderosa gained 211 yards with five big plays, racking up 107 yards of the Mustangs’ total offense.
Take away those potential swing plays and the Falcons had 70 yards in offense and Ponderosa had 104 yards of offense.
“I try to stay patient, wait for the plays to be called and make the most out of them,” said Highlands Ranch senior running back Jalen Kittrel. “You can’t really force any big plays. The big ones open up.”
Kittrell rushed for only 34 yards on 15 carries, and that total included a 30-yard run. He caught a 50-yard scoring pass from quarterback Keaton Thames with 2:58 re-maining in the game to seal the victory and
hand Ponderosa its second straight loss.The pass was underthrown, but Kittrell
came back to catch the ball that left a Mus-tang defender with nothing to do but chase him into the end zone.
“I always trust my quarterback to put it where it needs to be,” said Kittrell. “He’s got a great arm and great vision and he just knew to put it underneath me because he knew that kid was going to run right under-neath it if he tried to lead me too far. It was just a good play. We both made a good play to end the game.
“Ponderosa had some tough lineback-ers. My line pushed them well. So the little yards I did get I was happy for, but they were pretty tough.”
Kittrell scored on a 3-yard run to help push the Falcons ahead 7-0 with 8:25 left in the second period. After a 4-yard loss on the first play, the 41-yard TD drive was sparked by a 42-yard pass from Thames to Eric Dynes that went to the Mustang 3-yard line. It was the Falcons’ initial first down of the game.
Dynes grabbed a 5-yard scoring pass from Thames before halftime as Highlands Ranch went up 14-0, but Ponderosa cut its deficit to seven points when Mustangs’ quarterback Colby Ongna snapped a string of nine incompletions with a 50-yard shovel pass to James Maxie that went for a touch-down with 1:52 to play in the third quarter.
Ponderosa appeared to be in position to possibly tie the game seconds later when Dylan Gabel recovered a fumble by Ben Morgan at the Highlands Ranch 28-yard line. Highlands Ranch running back Jalen Kittrell (5) tries to get free of Ponderosa defenders Adam Lange (42) and Rory
McElligatt (49) on Sept. 6. Kittrell leads the Falcons in all-purpose yards with an average of 153 per game this season. Highlands Ranch won the game 21-7 at Shea Stadium, bringing the Falcons’ record to 1-1. Photo by Paul DiSalvo
Top-ranked Utah team hands Valor Christian a loss in OTCoach calls game a case of ‘facing adversity’By Jim Bentonjbenton@ourcoloradonews.com
Valor Christian junior defen-sive back Brian Dawkins Jr. admit-ted he was angry for a while until he examined the bigger picture.
The Eagles, Colorado’s top-ranked Class 5A football team, lost 24-21 in overtime to Bingham, a team from South Jordan, Utah, in a game played Sept. 7 at Valor Christian.
Bingham is Utah’s top-ranked team in Class 5A.
“I was mad at first then I re-membered everything happens for a reason,” said Dawkins. “This was a learning lesson for our team. We’re going to use this game to let us not have this feeling again. We want to dominate the rest of this season.”
Valor, which has won four con-secutive Colorado state champi-onships and is the defending Class 5A titlist, should be favored in its next seven regular season games against Colorado opposition.
“It’s all about trying to get some challenges, facing adversity and seeing how we respond,” said Val-or coach Rod Sherman.
“We would much rather be in a game like that again Bingham ver-sus games that are easy. We want to be challenged. We have a lot of work to do, but we are going to get better. We’re going to be OK.”
Last season, the Eagles lost to Bingham, 21-20, in Utah, and this year’s Utah-Colorado Border War
game was just as close.“There were probably four to
six plays that were critical plays that we missed,” said Sherman.
“They made some of those plays. A close game like that end-ed up turning on those plays.”
Both teams made potential game-changing plays, but the two biggest came in overtime.
Valor had the ball first with four chances to score from the 10-yard
line. Eagles running back Christian
McCaffrey gained seven yards on second down to put the ball at the 3-yard line.
However, holding was called on Valor, which nullified the run and moved the ball back to the 21-yard line.
Quarterback A.J. Cecil gained 10 yards, but he was sacked on third down and fumbled. McCaf-
frey picked up the loose ball and tried the scramble, but the play wound up losing 28 yards.
Paul Grizzle’s 56-yard field goal attempt was wide and short.
Bingham didn’t waste time, and on first down Chayden John-ston drilled a 27-yard field goal to give the Miners the victory.
“It would have been third and goal from the three, and then that holding call moved us back,” ex-
plained Sherman. “Our initial plan was to throw
the ball on first down and run the ball the next three plays. Frankly if we were inside the three we would have probably went for it on fourth down.”
The holding call and Johnston’s field goal were big plays that de-cided the televised contest that had many plays that swung the momentum.
Valor’s Ben Waters blocked a Miners punt and Marcus Wilson recovered in the end zone to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead.
Eric Lee Jr. intercepted a Bing-ham pass at the Valor 2-yard line to thwart a drive, and then McCaf-frey, who rushed for 245 yards on 27 carries, broke two tackles and raced 98 yards for a touchdown to help stake the Eagles to a 14-0 lead.
With the score tied at 14 late in the third period, Valor took over on downs at their own 1-yard line after a goal line stand, but McCaf-frey fumbled and Bingham’s Nick Heninger recovered in the end zone to give the visitors a 21-14 lead.
Valor tied the game on a 5-yard scoring pass from Cecil to McCaf-frey and had a chance to win when Dawkins intercepted a pass at the Eagles’ 20 and returned it to the 48-yard line with 40 seconds left in regulation.
The Eagles drove to the Bing-ham 8-yard line, but Grizzle’s 26-yard field goal on the final play of regulation was blocked by Langi Tuifua.
“That’s as good as we could ask for, a chance,” said Sherman.
Valor Christian High School running back Christian McCaffrey follows his blockers during the team’s Sept. 7 loss to Bingham High School from South Jordan, Utah. Photo by Jim Benton
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popular chile stand a family affairmannered father, Alberto, and soft-spoken 14-year-old son, Philip.
“He stretched a little, so now he helps me roast a lot,” Landavazo says of the latter. “He’s doing good.”
They are pitching in during the absence of Landavazo’s wife, Robin, who is pregnant with their fifth child. She is due Sept. 23, the day after the chile stand is scheduled to close for the season.
After a slow first week, Parker residents caught on to the temporary presence of Landavazo Chile Connection.
By the end of the second and third week-ends, the stand was mostly sold out of the 4,000 to 7,000 pounds of peppers it keeps on hand. Landavazo, a telecommunica-tions tech by day, expects the waning weeks of the season to be equally busy.
He won’t get much of a break from his seven-days-a-week schedule once the baby is born, but Landavazo doesn’t seem to mind.
Spending time with his family is what he’d prefer to be doing.
They all help the family business, and Landavazo makes sure they get credit for its success. Even email blasts come from “Rob-in, William and all our little chiles.”
Landavazo Chile Connection is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 22. For more infor-mation, visit www.landavazochile.com.
Actor burns bright as ghostly tiger
ence is led to imagine. Also cast: Yasmin Sweets and Miranda Var-gas, who play several Iraqi wom-en, and Alberto Ocampo, who is the cocky ghost of Uday Hussein in a chilling portrayal.
This extremely well-written script was nominated for a Pu-litzer in drama, and while it did not win, it’s in that top echelon and very much worth a visit. One doesn’t walk out humming a tune certainly, but there’s food for thought that stays with you.
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Morgan, who was tackled hard by Adam Lange, suffered an apparent rib injury and the game was delayed for 15 minutes while paramedics attend-ed to Morgan.
When play resumed, Ongna fum-bled on the first play and the Falcons’ Conner Helbing recovered as High-lands Ranch avoided another conceiv-able heartbreaking loss. The Falcons led Rock Canyon 21-3 in the season opener but lost 24-21 when the Jag-uars scored with 36.9 seconds left in the game.
“I just loved the ways the kids fought through adversity,” said High-
lands Ranch coach Darrel Gorham. “We got hurt and fumbled, but the kids fought through some adversity. The penalties are what are hurting us right now, whether it is offensively or defensively. It was a great team effort.
“The coaches did a good job, our defensive coaches, coach Leal (Ricar-do) calling the defense up in the box, Romig (Dominick) and coach Nolan (Donovan). They are all new guys and did a great job of calling the defense tonight. The defense played well.”
Ponderosa, the defending Class 4A Pikes Peak League champions, has lost its first two games in the fourth quarter.
“It’s the same thing, we keep shoot-ing ourselves in the foot,” said Mus-tangs coach Jamie Woodruff. “We had three more turnovers in this game. If
you don’t win that battle of turnovers you just can’t win. They come at inop-portune times.
“They tricked on the one play (Mi-chael Robinson’s 36-yard run) which was a wraparound draw, and the long passes we had them covered, but they made the plays and we didn’t. He (Kit-trell) just saw the pass, stopped, and we kept running. When the kid got hurt that was too bad because we had a lot of momentum going.
“I don’t know how many times we punted but it was too many,” contin-ued Woodruff, whose team punted eight times. “We’ve got to get a win. We have some opportunities coming up.”
Ponderosa plays Widefield Sept. 14 at Sports Authority Stadium while Highlands Ranch goes against Fossil Ridge Sept. 12 at Shea Stadium.
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ThunderRidge gets softball winGrizzlies gather 17 hits as they best Arapahoe Warriors 12-2
By Tom Mundstmunds@ourcoloradonews.com
ThunderRidge bats spoke quickly and often as the Grizzlies scored six runs in the first inning and went on to best Arapahoe 12-2 in the Sept. 6 non-league con-test.
“Our team does have the tendency to swing the bat well, but we were held in check with only six hits in the last two games. Today was a breakout game for us and we scored some runs,” Grizzlies coach Jim Dol-
laghan said after the game. “The win means we are 5-4 in a non-league schedule against good teams, and I feel this will propel us as we start the league season next week.”
The Grizzlies opened the league season Sept. 9 at Ponderosa and continue the league campaign Sept. 13 at home against Castle View. The Castle View game is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. on the field at Thun-derRidge High School.
Arapahoe coach Jean-nie Krueger said she was surprised ThunderRidge got 17 hits off her freshman
pitcher.“Even though our pitch-
er throws well, they got some solid hits. Of course, if we had not made four er-rors in the first inning, they would have gotten just one run and it would have been a different game,” the coach said. “We played well last week but I thought we were a bit flat today. But we are still 2-2 in league and still looking to move up in the standings.”
The Warriors continued league play Sept. 10 against Eaglecrest and Sept 12 against Cherry Creek. Both games were scheduled on the softball field at DeKo-evend Park. Arapahoe is on the road Sept. 17 at Chero-kee Trail.
On Sept. 6, Arapahoe was the home team and Ashlynn Krueger was on the mound for the Warriors. ThunderRidge opened the game with back-to-back doubles and eventually scored six runs in the first inning.
In the bottom of the in-ning, sophomore Madison Whitefoot was the Grizzlies starting pitcher. She went four innings, gave up five hits and two earned runs and struck out four.
Her sister, senior Molly Whitefoot, helped provide run support as she went four-for-five and drove in three runs.
ThunderRidge collected a total of 17 hits by 10 of the Grizzlies players. Gabriella Smith was two for five with a pair of doubles and one RBI.
Smith, who plays short-
stop and left field, said she had a good game, but the game wasn’t about her because it was more im-portant to see the way the team came together to play one of its best games of the young season.
“I wasn’t surprised we hit the ball as well off a pretty good pitcher,” she said. “As a team, we feel we need to prove we deserve to be out here, no matter the compe-tition we are up against.”
She described the win as a “button pusher.”
“We came into the game 4-4 and we felt this would determine the attitude we would have going into the league season,” Smith said. “We played well, it was a good game and a good way to go into the league sea-
son.”Dollaghan said the Griz-
zlies are a junior-dominat-ed team.
“We have one senior starter and two other se-niors who are first-line re-serves,” he said. “The play-ers who aren’t starting know their roles, so we always try to get as many players in the game as possible. We have players who know they may only called to pinch-hit one time or go into the game as a replacement for an inning. But they do their jobs and help us try to win games.”
The Arapahoe coach said she isn’t making ex-cuses, but the Warriors are a very young team.
“We have three fresh-man and five sophomores
on our roster,” Krueger said after the game. “Freshman Ashlynn Krueger is our only healthy pitcher. Our other pitcher is on crutches. The young players do well at times and other times, not so well, because so many of our kids are still learning and adjusting to the pace and intensity of varsity soft-ball.”
She said she feels the team needs to be more fo-cused and intense as the Warriors play the upcom-ing important key league games.
“We have a lot of poten-tial, I expect our team will keep getting better and, if all the girls come back, we should be a very good team next season,” the coach said.
ThunderRidge’s Molly Whitefoot drives the ball for a hit during the Sept. 6 game against Arapahoe. Whitefoot’s four hits helped the Grizzlies win the game, 12-2. Photos by Tom Munds
ThunderRidge shortstop Samantha Schoen, right, applies a tag on Arapahoe base runner Mackenzie Azzam during the Sept. 6 non-league game. Azzam was out and the Grizzlies won the game, 12-2.
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Yellowstone’s neighbor is magical place Mention Yellowstone National Park and
just about everyone has either been there or knows of its many natural wonders, in-cluding the most famous of all geysers, “Old Faithful.”
Wildlife is another major draw, and it is one of the few places in the country where visitors may actually see wild, free-roaming grizzly bears and wolves.
But resting just a few miles south of Yel-lowstone’s south entrance in Wyoming, via the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Park-way, lies another popular national park that is often overlooked by Yellowstone-bound visitors.
It’s called Grand Teton National Park, and mid-September to early October is truly one of the best times of the year to ex-perience this national treasure.
Yellowstone and the Tetons share much in common, but are not the same. Each park has its own distinct features, and if you skip the Tetons you are missing some of the best Western outdoor grandeur in the National Park System.
The jagged peaks of the Teton Range can be seen long before entering the park.
Once inside the park there are a number of popular viewing areas — Oxbow Bend, Cottonwood Creek, the Snake River Over-look and Coulter Bay, to mention a few. As dawn approaches, photographers from all over will gather at these sites to capture the fi rst rays of the sun as it slowly brings the majestic peaks of the Tetons to life.
Elk, bison, pronghorn antelope and black and grizzly bears may be seen throughout the park.
Moose, a park favorite, thrive in the val-leys and are often seen feeding along the Snake River, and around the Oxbow Bend
overlook area.Just one of a number of camping
grounds in the park, and a good bet for moose watching, is the Gros Ventre Camp-ground, just a dozen or so miles from the Town of Jackson.
Nestled in the shadow of the Tetons and among the tall cottonwoods that line the Gros Ventre River, this spot provides all the makings for a great outdoor experience.
Bears, moose and other wildlife can usu-ally be found along the Moose-Wilson Road near the south end of the park.
In anticipation of the coming winter, bears will go on a feeding frenzy and gorge themselves in the numerous hawthorn and chokecherry berry bushes that line this stretch of roadway.
Be prepared to face traffi c jams and de-lays if a bear or moose is spotted.
The road is narrow and will not accom-modate many vehicles at a time, but who really cares?
Jackson Lake, Jenny Lakes, the Snake River and numerous other waters in and around the park provide excellent fi shing. These pristine waters also provide oppor-
tunities for canoeing, kayaking and other outdoor activities.
Hiking trails and picnic areas abound.Mormon Row, near Antelope Flats, con-
tains probably the most photographed barns in the country.
With the Tetons rising in the back-ground, these roughly 100-year-old-plus shelters are best seen and photographed with the morning sun.
The Moulton Barn was featured in the Hollywood classic “Spencer’s Mountain,” starring Henry Fonda, and has graced the pages of many a magazine and Christmas card. There is just so much history here to see and enjoy.
Timing is everything when it comes to catching the autumn colors, usually late September into early October.
During the peak of the season, the coun-tryside is ablaze with various shades of yel-low, orange and red. It’s absolutely breath-taking and a good time to be there.
Tony Lane, the former police chief of Castle Rock, is an avid outdoorsman and photog-rapher.
Oxbow Bend is just one of many scenic overlooks in Grand Teton National Park that provide breathtaking views of the Teton Range and the autumn colors. Photos by Tony Lane
In anticipation of winter, this black bear gorges himself on the fall crop of berries along the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park. Moose sightings are also frequent along this stretch of roadway.
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