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School board member resignsJustin Williams cites desire to spend more time with familyBy Jane [email protected]

Douglas County School Board Member Justin Williams stepped down from his post Jan. 6, saying he wants to fulfill a new year’s resolution to spend more time with his fam-ily.

Williams had filed with the Colorado Sec-retary of State as a candidate for House Dis-trict 44, but said he is not moving forward with that effort.

“I am in the process of withdrawing my fil-ing to run for that seat,” he wrote in an email. “I am not running. I need to be a dad, some-thing I have some room for improvement in.”

The seat presently is held by Chris Hol-bert, who is running for the District 30 Senate seat currently occupied by Ted Harvey.

In a news release issued by the Doug-las County School District, Williams said, “I have served on the board for over six years and have really enjoyed being a part of such a wonderful school district with excellent people.

“It is time to spend my time focusing on my primary role as a husband and a father to my five children. I am very proud of the work

we have accomplished and will always cherish it.”

Williams, who represents the Parker area in District F, was first elected to the board in 2007. He was re-elected in 2011, and his second term was set to expire in Novem-ber 2015.

School board president Kevin Larsen, also quoted

in the email, said the process to replace Wil-liams will begin after the board formally ac-cepts Williams’ resignation during its Jan. 21 meeting.

“Our first priority is to thank Justin for

his service, his passion, and his unwavering commitment to DCSD,” wrote Larsen. “We regret that he will be unable to complete his term.

“At our next meeting, the board will dis-cuss a resolution to outline the process for replacing director Williams. I expect that we will set forth a process that includes an appli-cation and interview.”

Williams, an executive with the Denver branch of the technology company Long View Systems, did not return calls requesting further comment.

Douglas County Commissioner Jack Hil-bert also has filed as a candidate for House District 44.

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A case of Denver déjà vu?Last year’s battles will surface again this legislative sessionBy Vic [email protected]

Going into this year’s legislative ses-sion, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle insist that their next 120 days of work will focus on jobs and the economy.

But the reality is that Democrats and Republicans will spend a good portion of their time refighting old battles inside the Capitol.

Polarizing issues from last year’s ses-sion — rural energy mandates; oil and gas industry regulations; election reform; and, yes, gun control — will be debated again.

It’s enough to make Yogi Berra proud, because a good portion of this year’s ses-sion will seem like deja vu all over again.

“When you look at the outcry from the last session, there are some things that need to be looked at again,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. “And we will have an opportunity to fix them.”

Republicans will sponsor bills that seek to undo a Democrat-sponsored gun control package that was placed into law following last year’s session. The pack-age led to new laws that created universal background checks on gun sales; limited the amount of ammunition that a high-capacity magazine can hold; and restrict-ed domestic violence offenders’ access to guns.

But Democratic leaders aren’t interest-ed in having the same gun debates from last session, ones that led to emotionally-charged testimony and marathon com-mittee hearings and floor votes.

“We’re ready to move forward in Colo-rado and solve the problems that people are telling us we need to solve,” said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. “We don’t need to rehash the same fights we fought over last year.”

But Democrats won’t have much a choice. Besides gun legislation, Cadman said that his party will introduce bills that

Coyote attacks drop in Lone TreeCity participating in regional behavioral studyBy Jane [email protected]

Cooper the dog survived a coyote at-tack during a holiday visit to Lone Tree, but city police said his close encounter is the most severe incident reported there in several months.

“It’s still an ongoing effort, but I think a lot of people are more aware of the fact there is coyote activity out there,” Lone Tree’s animal control officer Dennis Page said.

The city, which recorded three fatal coyote attacks on dogs in 2013 and six in 2012, is participating in a regional study on the animals.

In December, researchers with the Denver Metro Area Coyote Study placed posts for video cameras near Prairie Sky Park, the Lone Tree Golf Course club-house and Sweetwater Park.

Once the cameras are placed, they will record coyote movements to help researchers determine if the animals are growing bolder and more aggressive.

Coyotes attacks typically peak in the spring, when coyotes give birth and be-come highly defensive and territorial. They also can be aggressive toward dogs during the January through March mat-ing season, when larger dogs may be viewed as threat to territory.

Cooper, who is small and white, likely wasn’t a potential threat, said Lone Tree resident Doug Hoggard.

“The good news is my dog survived,” he said. “The bad news is my dog really does look like a rabbit.”

Cooper’s grandchildren live in Parker and brought Cooper with them for a mid-December visit. Hoggard, who lives along the Lone Tree golf course, doesn’t have a fenced yard.

Though Hoggard warned his visiting family members not to leave the dog un-attended outside, his 9-year-old grand-daughter tethered Cooper off the back pa-tio at about 6 a.m. Dec. 17. Four coyotes almost immediately attacked the small dog, but fled when the granddaughter screamed.

Cooper suffered several puncture wounds and bruises, but no serious inju-ries.

“He probably would have been killed in a manner of seconds if she hadn’t been

there,” Hoggard said. “It was a big, expen-sive vet bill, but we were lucky.”

Coyote study investigator Mary Ann Bonnell said pet owners should supervise their animals directly.

“Go out with your dog, particularly at dawn, dusk and through the night,” she said. “At this time of year, we start to see an elevation in these kinds of attacks on dogs. (Coyotes) are getting ready to mate and den and getting more serious about defending their territories.”

Page doesn’t view the attack on Coo-per as unusually aggressive or cause for alarm, but as an unfortunate circum-stance.

“Coyotes are opportunity hunters,” he said. “They can’t tell the difference be-tween a rabbit and a poodle.

“When you have a dog on the back porch unprotected and tethered, it be-comes fair game to them. They were do-ing what they do naturally.”

The city welcomes additional volun-teers to its Lone Tree Coyote Team, which includes free training from Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff in hazing tech-niques and educating others about the animals. For more information, call Page at the Lone Tree Police Department, 303-339-8150.

From left, Tessa and Chase Hancock and Mary Formeller, all of Acres Green, walk their dogs recently in Sweetwater Park. The park is one of three area locations that are being studied for coyote activity. Photo by Jane Reuter

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Son takes family to uncharted territory Neil DiLorenzo lays the brown folder on

the kitchen table. As he tells the tale and to better illustrate his point, he pulls out a map, a list of coordinates, a copy of an email, a log of emergency numbers.

The thick fi le holds a literal paper trail, meticulously plotted, of his son’s extraordi-nary expedition in unsettled lands far away, a trip of self-discovery taken like pilgrims of old, on foot, alone, depending on the kind-ness of strangers for food and shelter.

And, in this day of immediate and un-ceasing communication, no cell phone or laptop, therefore — for the most part — no connection to family or friends.

“It did hit me, several weeks into it — he’s homeless,” Neil says. “I saw a homeless man and thought, `That’s my son,’ except he’s in a foreign land.”

They call it Donovan’s Journey.But make no mistake: It’s Neil and Mi-

chelle DiLorenzo’s journey, too, one more in the life of parents, this one lived daily with a worry that hunkers in their hearts, even as they celebrate the unique courage of their child’s unusual quest.

Neil: “We don’t really understand why he’s doing this.”

Michelle: “It’s something that’s calling him.”

Neil: “I think he felt he had to do this to discover himself, to see if he could live without the support of anyone.”

For Donovan DiLorenzo, 42, the oldest of Neil and Michelle’s four children, an ear-ly career path seemed clear: Make money, lots of it. And as a marketing account ex-ecutive working for top ad agencies, he was close to earning his fi rst million before 9-11.

But the devastating calamity shook him and rearranged his priorities.

After researching urban school districts across the country, he decided to teach in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, a predomi-nantly African-American neighborhood struggling with deep poverty. He earned a master’s in education while teaching there. As Katrina bore down, he delivered two car-loads of Ninth Ward residents to his sister’s

home in Arkansas for safety, and later re-located them to Dallas — he still keeps in touch with the families.

After Katrina, he gutted fl ooded homes, cooked in community kitchens and dis-tributed supplies and information to vic-tims. In 2006, he joined the Peace Corps and spent 28 months teaching in Malawi in southeast Africa, one of the world’s least-developed countries.

He returned to New Orleans, teaching in a charter school, while also housing and supporting several immigrants from Ma-lawi.

“He doesn’t have anything,” Neil says, “but he gives everything he has.”

Last summer, Donovan decided to act on a new dream — a pilgrimage through the Middle East and India with the possi-bility of writing a book about those experi-ences.

To prepare, he gave away all his posses-sions, including his cell phone and laptop. He mailed books and mementos to his par-ents’ Highlands Ranch home. He kept one change of clothes, a sleeping bag, a tent and his bike and began cycling to Colorado.

For three weeks, Neil and Michelle didn’t know where he was, or how he was.

“It was,” says Michelle, who texts her children good morning every day, “awful.”

One afternoon, they spotted him riding down the street.

“He looked like the UPS man,” Neil says. But Donovan’s test run had proved success-ful.

Planning began for the big journey.“We really wanted him to buy a cell

phone,” Neil says. “He refused. He didn’t

want to be able to communicate with any-one.”

A friend told Neil about a lightweight GPS tracker that fi ts in the palm of a hand.

“You’re not talking to us,” Neil told Don-ovan. “You’re not really communicating. At least, as long as the coordinates are mov-ing, we’ll know you’re alive.”

So, Donovan agreed. Every three days, he would activate the GPS device. Neil would plot the latitude and longitude on maps and be able to follow his route.

The outgoing, friendly boy who loved sports but not hiking or being outdoors, and who often took three showers a day be-cause he was a bit of a clean freak, strapped on Teva sandals, determined to push his boundaries even further.

He boarded an airplane for Jordan Aug. 26.

“This journey is really a pilgrimage of sorts,” he wrote before he left on a website set up by family to track his travels. “I’ll walk a good portion of my travels such that the journey is slower by nature, giving me more time to think, write and connect with others . . . . As in a traditional pilgrimage, I step out without many resources and see how life unfolds. Not expecting this to very easy, but meaningful.”

He had enough money and a credit card to buy local clothing and necessary border and travel documents. The fi rst night in Amman, he spent in a hotel.

And then, he was on his way.The fi rst three weeks, Neil and Michelle

slept two to three hours a night. Neil devel-oped a routine, checking email as soon as he woke to see if the GPS tracker had sent coordinates, then heading down to the kitchen for coffee with Michelle. One of the earliest locations came through Sept. 2.

Neil spreads the map of Jordan, Syria and Israel on the table.

His fi nger jabs the location he has circled in black marker. “He was trying to cross the King Hussein bridge. . . which made me nervous because he’s going from Jordan to Israel . . . ”

On Sept. 6, another set of coordinates

arrived. They put Donovan just south of the Sea of Galilee.

“He’s two, three miles from the Syrian border,” Neil says. “Within a day of that, Obama said we’re going to declare war. For all I knew, he knew nothing of the problem. . . . (A friend in Egypt) said he’s got to get out of there; he’s got to get a gas mask. We were just totally petrifi ed.”

Michelle misses being able to talk to Donovan every day.

“I am very nervous . . . that has been re-ally, really hard not knowing where he’s at,” she says. But “you have to let them do their own thing.”

Sometimes, fi nding the locations doesn’t alleviate the worry.

Neil folds open another map, a topo-graphical one that seems to depict moun-tains and no roads. “When I see him in the middle of nowhere, like this,” he says, “it makes me even more concerned.”

But Neil has become an expert map fi nder. What seems like mountains on one map turns out to be hills with a dirt road on another.

Neil’s maps trace Donovan’s journey with careful precision. He circles the coor-dinate locations in black marker and writes the date, then highlights the route in yel-low. Occasional emails from Donovan are carefully tagged and posted onto the web-site, donovansjourney.com, so that family and friends can follow, too. Neil posts in-formation on Facebook, as well. Donovan has journaled three stories about his trip so far, also on the website.

He writes about sleepless nights in the open listening to packs of wild dogs out-side of Nazareth, the spontaneous kind-ness of strangers inviting him to tea and conversation, playing with children near the Dead Sea.

After walking 661 miles through the Middle East, including a brief stay in Egypt with a friend during which he was able to call Neil and Michelle, Donovan is now walking through India.

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After hauling away 22 awards from December’s Interna-tional Robot Olympiad, the volunteers behind the Ameribot-ics team only have eyes for the future.

“For the number of kids we brought to competition, statis-tically these were huge wins,” said Randy Menzer, executive director of the Douglas-County based nonprofi t. “This is the fi rst year we’ve won a gold medal.”

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Gold medalist Haley Steinke, left, and Professor Jong-Hwan Kim of South Korea, founder of the International Robot Olympiad. Courtesy photo

NEWS IN A HURRY Casino Night set for Feb. 21

The annual Casino Night is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

The night’s games include blackjack, poker, craps and roulette. Live music, a lounge, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and a cash bar also will be part of the evening’s entertainment.

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Categories include landscape, ani-mals, abstract and motion.

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Mayor pro tem gets regional postLone Tree Mayor Pro Tem Jackie

Millet recently was appointed secre-tary of the Denver Regional Council of Governments board of directors.

Millet and Jones were appointed by the DRCOG board offi cers to the key regional posts in December, follow-ing the appointment of former Arvada Councilmember and DRCOG Secretary Rachel Zenzinger as Colorado state senator.

Millet, a DRCOG Board member since 2010, previously served as its treasurer. They join DRCOG Chair and Bennett Mayor Sue Horn, and DRCOG Vice Chair and Douglas County Com-missioner Jack Hilbert as board offi cers.

Offi cer elections for 2014 will occur in February.

Highlands Ranch library to be renamedThe library, at 9292 Ridgeline Blvd.

in HIghlands Ranch is being renamed the James H. LaRue Branch, after Jamie LaRue, who is retiring. His last day is Jan. 17, after almost 23 years of service as library director.

The Douglas County Libraries’ board of trustees passed a resolution to honor him that way — and LaRue, upon hearing about the name change, was reportedly touched, according to a news release from Amber DeBerry, the libraries associate director of commu-nity relations.

LaRue said recently he’s pretty sure he doesn’t deserve the honor, “but I accept it on behalf of the many, many people who also played a big role in the establishment of the Highlands Ranch Branch,” according to the news release.

LaRue told staff he grew up in an age of mistrust of public institutions and that “it has been his great pleasure to work with a board and staff who have built an institution the community can be proud of, one whose leadership is recognized worldwide.”

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School door ‘was supposed to be locked’Officials detail latest in Arapahoe High shooting investigationBy George [email protected]

The gunman gained access to the school through an exterior door that was routinely propped open on most school days, according to the latest details from the investigation into the shooting at Arapahoe High School.

“That door was supposed to be locked,” Arapahoe County Sheriff Gray-son Robinson said during a Dec. 30 press briefing. “Unfortunately, it wasn’t.”

When asked if a locked exterior door may have kept the Dec. 13 shooting from taking place, the sheriff replied: “I don’t believe that would have prevented this evil act. He would have found a way to enter the school.”

Never once saying the name of the 18-year-old gunman, Robinson repeat-edly referred to Karl Pierson as “the murderer” and said on the day he en-tered the school with a shotgun, 125 shotgun shells, a machete and three Molotov cocktails, Pierson had “an ab-solute focus on doing the maximum amount of harm.”

One new detail the sheriff revealed at the briefing: On the morning of the shooting, Pierson “went bowling, alone.”

Claire Davis, the 17-year-old stu-dent who was shot point blank by Pier-son and later died, “was exactly where she had a right to be” on the day of the shooting, Robinson said. “Claire was preparing herself for her future.”

Robinson credited James Englert, the sheriff’s deputy stationed at the high school as the school resource officer, with preventing additional bloodshed

by responding immediately to the shots fired — “running to the thunder, exactly what our deputies are trained to do.”

Robinson confirmed that Pierson fired five shots and set fire to a library bookshelf before taking his own life with a sixth shot in the back of the school li-brary.

“We are confident the murderer knew Deputy Englert and the (un-armed) school security officer [Rod Mauler] were approaching,” Robinson said. “Less than a minute and 20 sec-onds [elapsed] between the murderer entering the school and lying dead in the back of the library.”

Robinson called Englert “a hero” and said the deputy will be back on duty at the high school beginning Jan. 6.

“We think of James as a sheriff’s deputy,” said Robinson. “The students and staff at Arapahoe think of him as a Warrior.”

The sheriff also praised school custo-dian Fabian Llerenas for his role in im-mediately alerting school officials of “an active shooter situation.”

At the start of the hour-long press briefing, held at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on East Broncos Park-way in Centennial, Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon, District Attorney George Brauchler and several federal and state law enforcement officials also issued brief statements.

“First and foremost, our hearts go out to the Davis family, whose loss has profoundly touched our community,” Noon said. “Centennial is a family com-munity — families of first responders, families of schools, businesses, neigh-borhoods and churches. On Dec. 13, those families came together in a big way to support each other and provide Arapahoe High School with comfort, support and safety.”

Noon thanked the sheriff’s office and neighboring first responders who, she said, “handled the situation quickly and professionally.”

The mayor also thanked the many businesses surrounding the high school for “providing socks, blankets, food, or whatever was needed as students and families rushed from the school.”

Brauchler said a total of 12 search warrants had been executed so far in the investigation and anticipated more would be issued.

“This one hits close to home for me,” the Highlands Ranch resident said. “Arapahoe High is awfully close to where I live.”

Saying it was “far too early in the pro-cess” for definitive answers, Robinson said that investigators still believe Pier-son acted “on his own.”

“We continue to conduct extensive and detailed interviews, including with members of the murderer’s family,” Robinson said.

Robinson revealed that in addition to going bowling, Pierson bought addi-tional rounds of ammunition the morn-ing of Dec. 13.

“He entered the school at approxi-mately 12:34 p.m. and immediately fired a shotgun blast down an empty hallway,” the sheriff said.

Robinson confirmed Pierson’s sec-ond shot hit Davis.

After entering the library, Pierson fired another shot into the empty of-fice of librarian and debate coach Tracy Murphy, Robinson said.

Pierson, a member of the debate team, had threatened Murphy after a disagreement with the coach in Sep-tember. Robinson confirmed the inci-dent had been reported to law enforce-ment authorities.

The day before the shooting oc-curred, Robinson had announced his plans to retire on Jan. 31.

Saying he “will not arbitrarily put a timeline” on finishing the investigation, Robinson did confirm that he still plans to retire in early 2014.

“This investigation will not be con-cluded on my watch,” he said.

Laughter, light and forgiveness fill arenaCelebration of Claire Davis’ life draws thousandsBy Jennifer [email protected]

“Oh my gosh, Karl, what are you doing?”Those are the words that Claire Davis’ an-

guished father says were her last, spoken in the split second before Karl Pierson shot her in the head.

“Claire tried to shine her light on his dark-ness,” said Michael Davis as he addressed the thousands of people who attended the cel-ebration of Claire’s life, held at the National Western Stock Show arena on Jan. 1. Claire’s mother, Desiree, stood by his side as the room rose in a standing ovation.

Although first responders rushed Claire from Arapahoe High School to the operating room within 30 minutes of the shooting on Dec. 13, she lapsed into a coma from which she would never emerge. She died on Dec. 21.

Friends and family hope the entire com-munity will take her final words forward as it tries to heal from yet another tragedy.

“Before we say or do something, we should reflect and ask ourselves that last question,” said Pastor Steve Poos-Benson of Columbine United Church. “Ask ourselves what is it we are doing, and what is it we are doing to one another?”

Michael Davis asked that Claire’s legacy be the light with which she filled the lives of all who knew her.

“My wife and I forgive Karl Pierson,” he said.

“Karl is no longer with us. It is no longer our responsibility to judge. As each of us must do someday, Karl must face infinity alone.”

He said Claire would want everyone to for-give Pierson, and would want all who mourn her to keep love alive and light in their lives.

“Make love more important than hate, desperation and fear,” he said.

Light and laughter seemed to fill every crevice of Claire’s life. Her boyfriend, Alex Chapman, let her say how important those things were to her in her own words, by read-

ing a letter she wrote as part of a college application.

“I think laughter makes people real,” she wrote. “I love to laugh and smile and, more importantly, to make others laugh and smile.”

Chapman recalled how he knew she was special the minute he laid eyes on her.

“I looked at her and I said, `Wow, she would be some-one amazing to be with,’” he said. “… I love Claire so much, and I always will.”

Several well-known names attended the event — U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Gov. John Hick-enlooper and Olympian and Centennial resi-dent Missy Franklin all spoke, and Claire’s fa-vorite band, One Direction, sent their regrets. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson was recognized with a standing ovation, and praise went out to all the first responders, including Deputy James Englert, the school-resource officer who got to the scene within seconds, and firefighters from Littleton Fire

Rescue Station 15, who rushed Claire to Littleton Adventist Hospital.

But it was the people who knew Claire who brought her to life for those who didn’t. They told tales of scream-ing at teen-idol concerts, giggling for hours on end, making friendship bracelets, drinking milkshakes and talking about boys.

“Almost every moment I spent with Claire we were laughing,” said Mary Strauss, a friend since middle school. “Over the years she taught

me so much, but most importantly, how to love someone more than you love yourself.”

Rebecca Johnson, Claire’s riding coach for seven years, said Claire was a fierce com-petitor on her horse, Graphite Gran Grannus, but rode with grace under pressure and true class.

“Above all else, she was kind, and the hors-es knew that, and they loved her,” said John-son, who nicknamed Claire “Fluffy Rainbow

Child.”“She left me an improved woman and a

better coach,” she said. “Claire was my friend, and I loved her, and I know that love was re-turned.”

Near the end of the ceremony, Johnson walked the horse out and retired the saddle of his fallen rider, presenting it to Claire’s mother.

Poos-Benson sent the mourners home with a message to be vigilant in working to end the violence.

“You need to go find the Karl Piersons in our community, and ask those Karls, `What are you doing? Where are you? We need you to be a part of us,’” he said. “You need to make sure that Karl gets help.”

Claire’s parents and older brother, Alexan-der, thanked the community for its incred-ible support throughout their unimaginable ordeal.

“She knew what it meant to have a friend and to be a friend,” said her father. “She was learning to find her bliss. The world was a better place with her in it, but we are coming to accept that it was time for us to return the gift to the giver.”

Mourners light up the night with candles at the end of the celebration of the life of Claire Davis at the National Western Stock Show Complex on Jan. 1. Photo by Jennifer Smith

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a fund in Claire’s name that will be used to support mental-health and anti-violence causes in the com-munity.

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Recreational rollout brings uncertaintyGreen Wednesday rung in and checked

out, and various news reports recounted a rough estimate of $1 million taken in at local marijuana shops.

The rollout of recreational marijuana on Jan. 1 was accurately described as mellow. Those who were happy to purchase legally at long last had no resemblance to revved up sports fans celebrating a championship. Instead they had satisfied grins and walked calmly.

While many locals have poo-pooed the idea that Colorado will become the coun-try’s Amsterdam, we cringed when national news reports suddenly seemed to entertain the perspective.

That is not how we see Colorado.We know there is much work to be done

and much to iron out with recreational mar-ijuana. In our circles, many of those who are not thrilled with the passage of Amendment

64, have conceded they are pleased law en-forcement will not spend as much time with minor marijuana violations any longer. But it’s a consolation in a mix of concerns.

Those who support the passage say they are relieved to finally have the legal right to do something that is not that harmful and does have some medicinal benefits. They say it’s the American way of individual freedom to have the choice, and point out that the taxes collected will further benefit the state.

While there are countless legal and procedural wrinkles to iron out, we urge a focus on health and safety as a high priority.

Now that marijuana has entered the realm of legal drugs, we look forward to more and more detailed research to outline the pros and cons of marijuana use.

Our friend Joe Citizen can break it down to say that marijuana is more or less harm-ful than tobacco and alcohol — an exercise with questionable value.

Marijuana categorically falls in the po-tentially harmful column. The bottom lines are that smoking is smoking, and people who smoke marijuana draw the smoke deeply into their lungs. Moreover, mari-juana affects driving ability. And to say it plain, all three choices can bring great harm to teens in the throes of brain development and finding their way in the world.

As surely as secondhand smoke will be more prevalent, it follows that with marijua-na, with its new legal status, will often more easily fall into the hands of the young teens.

So we ask that smokers smoke smart, all adults walk straight lines, and parents take further steps by talking and educating their children. A drug is a drug, so children should be encouraged to keep their “just say no” mindsets.

We are concerned. How will Colorado fare? Will this recreational diversion be a drag on the state’s reputation in clean energy and quest to improve its education system? Will the state strike the right bal-ance? Will we work well with our neighbor-ing states?

It will take a while for the best research to be distilled and crafted into spiffy, pithy messages along the lines of no smoking warnings we have experienced through the years. Messages that make the sobering dangers clear — just as the warnings about tobacco have done — is a wide-open public service opportunity.

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letters to the editorObama finally takes a stand

Our president has, at last, finally stood up for what he really supports. We’re all curious what it could be.

Maybe it’s decreasing unemployment, as he is always talking about jobs. No, that’s not it, as he has done nothing to alleviate the 41 percent unemployment of black youth. Perhaps it’s health care, as he is always saying how good Obamacare is. No, that can’t be it because millions of people have lost their health insurance and the Obama regime refuses to let them keep their old policies permanently.

Aha, it must be education, right. Obama’s big on education. Wrong again. The Huff-ington Post reports that Obama has turned loose Attorney General Eric Holder to shut down the Louisiana school voucher pro-gram that helped many disadvantaged black students get a good education. The Louisi-ana Black Alliance For Education Options is fighting to help these children in distress.

So if Obama isn’t really interested in de-creasing unemployment, good health insur-ance, or education, what is his passion?

Incredibly, it’s Iran. Obama has stoutly supported Iran by threatening to veto a bi-partisan Senate bill that would use sanctions to curtail Iran’s building of a nuclear bomb. When you want to veto your own party, you are really passionate about your stand. No matter that all our allies in the Mideast are against this, so much so that Saudi Arabia is looking at buying nukes from Pakistan and partnering with Israel.

Any thinking person has to wonder why Obama wants to coddle Iran, yet ignores black unemployment, good current health coverage, and education for under privileged children. Maybe that’s the problem. Those that voted for Obama weren’t thinking.

Charles NewtonHighlands Ranch

Illegal behavior needs accountabilityI just cut a Box Top for Education out of

a cereal box to earn a few cents for my chil-dren’s school. It is mid-year, so I expect to get a second request for school supplies soon, too. Meanwhile, the district office continues to waste money on advancing their politi-cal agenda, while breaking the law in the process.

The Douglas County School District has just been found guilty of violating the Fair Campaign Practices Act by hiring a consul-tant to write a favorable report about the dis-trict, then disseminating it to 85,000 people as if it was an independently written report, thereby influencing voters.

Not only was that illegal, but it cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars that should be spent in our classrooms. The dis-trict paid for the writing of the report, then paid outside legal counsel to defend their illegal act. Now they are promising to appeal, which will cost thousands more in legal fees, in addition to the hours spent by district personnel obtaining the report and defend-ing their actions.

I am disgusted that our school district would stoop to dishonest behavior to win an election and waste taxpayer dollars in the process, instead of concentrating on educat-ing our children and providing them the

tools they need to learn.Responsibility, honesty, and respect are

some of the character traits my children’s school strives to instill in its students. I would expect to see those traits in the people in charge of the schools. All district officials who were involved in this deceit should lose their jobs. As taxpayers, they work for us and need to be held accountable.

Kathleen BoyerHighlands Ranch

To unite requires actionThe day after the election the newly

elected school board members promised they would try to reunite our community. Unfortunately, their actions thus far prove otherwise.

Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars have now been spent on legal fees to defend the school board’s misuse of taxpayer dollars in the November campaign. All of this money should have gone to classrooms.

The school board has vowed to appeal this decision — which will cost more tax-payer dollars.

If the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would stop squan-dering our money on lawyers, campaigns, outside interests, or anything else that does not directly help the students in our com-munity and put that money back where it belongs: In the classroom.

If the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would immediately stop any further legal action and instead lis-ten to parents and their concerns, and then try to alleviate them in meaningful ways.

In addition, if the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would not hold so much of their meetings in private council.

If the school board truly wanted to unite us as a community, they would focus on the children in our community, not on personal political agendas.

Unfortunately, the new school board has done none of that. They say they want to unite us. I say: Prove it.

Christina MarriottHighlands Ranch

If you don’t have something nice to sayRe: Michael Norton’s Jan. 2 column

Mr. Norton,One of the phrases in your column, “If

you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all” brought back a memory from a stand-up comedian who appeared on the Ed Sullivan show back in the early 1960s. Her name was Moms Mabley. She was talking about a nasty uncle who had recently passed away. She was commenting on how he was not a very nice person and then she suddenly stopped and said, “You know what they say. If you can’t say something good about a person, then you shouldn’t say anything at all. Well, he’s dead…good.”

I have no idea why I remember that. Good article on flattery, Michael.

Michael H. KennedyCentennial

Huh? Just turn down that bass

The car next to you at the red light is throbbing with bass. What do you do? Do you throb with bass too? Not me. I don’t want to wind up like Pete Townsend and have to say “Huh?” for the rest of my life.

There’s really not much you can do. You risk a lot if your give him the finger or even glare.

Chances are it’s someone under 21 whose insurance rates have been climb-ing after a series of motoring incidents. The five and a half years he spent in high school were far out. And mom and dad never said a word to him about civility.

Our highways are very democratic. You have as much right to them if you are a dolt as you do if you are on your way to give a lecture to a graduate seminar at DU.

You may be the pick of the pack at home or at work, but in between, on the streets, you are just another motorist.

We already have a lane for high oc-cupancy vehicles. (Which, by the way, means two. Does that sound like high occupancy to you?) I think it would be wonderful if we could further distinguish motoring lanes.

For example: a high-IQ occupancy lane.

How about a lane for anyone who doesn’t wear his pants lower than his underwear?

A lane just for UCLA alumni would be fine with me.

A lane for anyone who doesn’t talk with their hands.

A lane for anyone who doesn’t pull their soup.

A lane for anyone who knows that a medium-sized cumulus cloud weighs about the same as 80 elephants.

The dog and I are sitting there at the light today, next to AC/DC. I wondered if he knows that Angus Young is a big Louis Armstrong fan. Probably not.

It’s rarely a girl. It’s never someone my age. Unless they throbbed the bass when they were much younger, and maybe now they do have to crank it too.

A Zen Buddhist friend of mine would say, “Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing.”

I try to keep that in mind, especially when AC/DC turns into Aerosmith. I wonder if he knows that Joe Perry manu-factures condiments. Probably not.

It might make a difference if the music were any good, but it never is. It’s never Django Reinhart. It’s never Miles Davis. It’s never Chopin. It’s always Motorhead.

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Inadequate computer and satellite net-works have prevented the GPS tracker from sending coordinates.

“I worry more about him getting sick and if he gets sick what is he going to do,” Michelle says. “I pray every day that he doesn’t get sick.”

“It’s the unknown,” Neil says, “and how is he going to handle it.”

Through scarce emails, they knew Don-ovan had traveled in December to a well-known ashram in Puttaparthi to meditate and study awhile.

“He’s right here,” Neil says, pointing to the town north of Bangalore. “I feel he’s in a safer place. The only negative is I don’t hear from him every three days.”

Despite the worry, their son’s adventure leaves them in awe.

“I envy what he’s doing,” says Neil, an avid hiker. “I wish I would have thought of something like this. . . . ”

“I feel he has a calling and we’re behind him the whole way — we will support him

always,” Michelle says. “I just wish he’d be home.”

On Jan. 3, Neil checked his email to fi nd a priceless New Year’s gift — a message from Donovan, the fi rst since Dec. 20.

“The path has changed a bit,” Donovan wrote. “I feel the need to pay respects to Gandhi and the Dalai Lama.”

He is headed to their ashrams.Although he mentioned possibly re-

turning to Colorado in May and that he had experienced some “tenuous times,” he also noted he wanted to spend three months working with Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity in Calcutta.

“Obviously, as things unfold, he wants to do more and more things,” Neil says, “but it’s kind of hard to see what he will do for sure.”

So, Michelle and Neil wait.It’s all they can do.“He is,” Michelle says, “always in my

prayers and in my mind.”

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Every time this happens I feel a little older. I look in the rear view mirror and see my life back there, back when I might have had the Yardbirds turned up.

What if a kid in the car next to me were listening to “Heart Full of Soul”? Maybe I would give him a pass.

I don’t like bass to begin with. I zero it out in my car and in my home. If I want a pounding sensation in my head, I’ll just use a rubber mallet.

Driving around in an automobile, ball cap on backwards, music loud, has to make you feel alive and maybe even someone when you are not. Look at me. You can’t ignore me. You’re stuck with me now.

One day coincidentally, Throbbing Bass and I pulled into the same parking lot and walked to the same store.

I said, “You like that Black Sabbath, don’t you?”

He just said, “Huh?”

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


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Washington can learn from Colorado For many Americans, 2013 was an

eventful year. For Coloradans, it tested our resilience, our courage and our willpower.

We fought the most destructive wildfi re in our history (Black Forest), as well one of the largest (West Fork), only to be hit by unprecedented fl ooding less than three months later. Meanwhile, farmers in the southeastern corner of our state endured months of unending drought that has crippled their harvests and threatened their livelihood. And as the year came to a close another high school was left rattled by senseless and horrible violence.

Coloradans, as usual, showed their mettle and have come together in every corner of the state to support one another, recover, rebuild, and carry on.

Unfortunately, the same isn’t true of Con-gress. The fi rst session of the 113th Congress has been called one of the least effective in the history of the United States. Partisan gridlock has halted progress on a variety of issues critical to Colorado’s success, includ-ing immigration, education, and a national food and farming policy. Most frustrat-

ing was the manufactured government shutdown that left thousands without a paycheck and reduced our gross domestic product by $24 billion.

But in true Colorado fashion, our delegation — Democrats and Republicans — found ways to work together and put Colorado fi rst.

While we didn’t agree on every issue, in times of crisis we worked across the aisle to make sure federal resources were available for rescue, recovery and rebuilding efforts. As of early December, we secured more than $136 million in grants and low-interest loans to help Coloradans in areas affected by the

fl oods. We also secured nearly $20 million in Emergency Watershed Protection Funding to fund watershed conservation and erosion prevention for communities recovering from the High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires.

The delegation also pushed Congress to maintain the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program that helps our local commu-nities offset losses in property taxes due to nontaxable federal land. PILT payments help counties provide critical services, such as police, fi re protection, emergency response, and infrastructure. And we worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to preserve funding for the USDA’s Snow Sur-vey and Water Supply Forecasting Program. It measures Colorado’s snowpack, providing essential information for water managers who must know how much water they can expect in the coming months.

For avid hikers in southern Colorado, we were able to trim bureaucracy to help “offi -cially” legalize the Manitou Incline for public use. Now thousands of outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the pleasure of surmounting this popular and legendary vertical mile trail.

Big issues wait for us in this new year. Among them, we need to pass a Farm Bill to provide Colorado’s farmers and ranchers with the security, stability, and resources they need to continue providing food, fuel and fi ber for the country. We need to fi x our broken immigration system to secure or borders, strengthen our economy and create a path forward for immigrants living in the shadows. And we need to develop a bipar-tisan budget plan that materially reduces the defi cit and puts our country on a more sustainable fi scal path.

If Washington can learn from the ex-ample Colorado has set, we will have the op-portunity get back to work for the American people and to begin to meet the challenges facing our nation. My new year’s resolution is to remain committed to working with any Republican or Democrat who wants to fi nd thoughtful, innovative solutions that will ensure our competitiveness and leadership in the 21st century.

Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.

Focus on hearing with your heart and be sincere So last week I talked about the importance

of speaking kindly and lovingly to one anoth-er, sincere fl attery, and being intentional in our effort to show how we truly feel.

That was the “speaking” part, but what happens when it comes to listening to what is being said to us, and actually hearing it?

Too often I witness a game of verbal ping-pong. You know, where one person offers a compliment and the recipient feels like they must say something nice in return. Then the game begins, a back-and-forth, to-and-fro endless string of niceties shared with one an-other. If truly sincere, it is a loving and awe-some display to watch. If it is just chatter, I hate to be the bearer of the bad and obvious news, the insincerity is very clear to everyone around, including the two in the game.

Let’s challenge the thinking a little bit here. What if the person who receives the fi rst com-pliment listens with their ears, lets it settle in, and truly hears it with their heart? Perhaps what might have started as a cordial con-

versation just to say something nice, could actually turn into a meaningful discussion between two or more people where everyone feels good about the outcome.

The problem is that too often we want to rush in and compete in a conversation and feel it necessary to say something nice back.

What if we were a little more patient in our response? We just might realize that the other person has said something profound and is truly trying to be sincere and nice. When we rush right back into it with our own compli-

ment, we may even hurt their feelings as they feel like we didn’t take the time to appreciate what it is that they actually said.

Listening with our ears and hearing with our hearts are two different things. When we only listen with our ears we sometimes rush to judgment or feel the need to start up the verbal ping-pong. When we hear with our hearts, we are looking at the other person be-yond what it is we see at face value. We look for ways to thank them, maybe even ask more about their compliment or their intentions.

Flattery will get you everywhere, sincere fl attery that is. And when we learn to hear with our hearts for the positive attitude, good-na-tured intentions, and sincere compliment we will begin to enjoy a much healthier relation-ship with all of those around us. And for those of you who just have a hard time accepting a compliment, this is defi nitely the advice for

you. Listen with your ears, but slow down and hear things with your heart. You will come to accept accolades and praises with much greater ease.

So in 2014 let’s focus on speaking loving, kind, and sincere sentiments to one another, and at the same time, let’s focus on hearing those very same kind and loving words with our hearts and not just our ears.

I would love to hear all about your com-mitment to make 2014 a year of speaking kind words and hearing with your hearts at [email protected], because when you apply both to your life, each and every week will be a better than good week.

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Judge’s ruling may impact foundation allegationsAttorney for nonprofit says 2013 review showed organization in complianceBy Jane [email protected]

Three Douglas County residents who believe the Douglas County Educational Foundation violated its nonprofit status say a Denver judge’s recent ruling against the school district adds teeth to their alle-gations.

An attorney for the DCEF says the orga-nization did not cross any such lines. The foundation is the Douglas County School District’s nonprofit fundraising arm.

Administrative Law Judge Hollyce Far-rell ruled Dec. 24 that DCSD violated the state’s Fair Campaign Practices Act by using district funds to pay for a September 2013 report complimenting its reforms. Half of the money used to pay for Rick Hess’ white paper, “The Most Interesting School Dis-trict in America?” came from DCSD, the other half from the DCEF.

The DCEF also paid $50,000 to former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett for a speech and separate white paper. In both, Bennett praised the reform efforts.

Farrell found insufficient evidence to conclude public funds were used when the DCEF paid for the Bennett report. How-ever, her ruling in the case filed by unsuc-cessful school board candidate Julie Keim concluded, “Dr. Bennett’s report was an en-dorsement for the district’s reform agenda, and was intended to influence the outcome of the board election.”

Bennett’s paper refers to the current district leaders’ “unanimous control of the board,” and its ability to “proceed full speed ahead virtually unfettered by opposition.”

Hess’ paper includes a section on “elect-ing a reform board” and profiles of current board members. “DougCo is a compelling illustration of how a unified board major-ity can fuel rapid, ambi tious reform,” he wrote.

Meg Masten, Susan Arnold and Bob Kaser — a former DCEF chairman — filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Ser-vice alleging improper behavior by the dis-

trict’s nonprofit fundraising arm.Masten and Arnold, whose filings allege

the DCEF engaged in political campaign-ing as well as deceptive and improper fun-draising practices by the foundation, said Farrell’s ruling bolsters their cases.

“We absolutely feel it gives some added strength to the complaints we filed,” Ar-nold said.

She and Masten recently filed the new information with the IRS, adding to their original complaints.

But DCEF attorney Jon Anderson said his law firm performed an independent re-view of the foundation’s legal compliance in 2013.

“Our review included consideration of the Dr. William Bennett report,” Anderson wrote in a Jan. 3 email. “We found that the Bennett report did not qualify as political activity under any of the IRS guideline fac-tors. Our review concluded with a finding that DCEF is in full compliance with Inter-nal Revenue Service regulations and appli-cable guidelines.

According to the Internal Revenue Ser-vice, 501 (c) (3) organizations like the DCEF

“are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating” in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.

Additionally, the IRS states that “voter education or registration activities with ev-idence of bias that … have the effect of fa-voring a candidate or group of candidates will constitute prohibited participation or intervention.”

That prohibition applies to verbal and written public statements, and could cost the offending organization its nonprofit status.

The president of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, Renny Fagen, said he was not familiar enough with the issues in Doug-las County to comment specifically. But he said loss of nonprofit status for campaign violations “would be uncommon.”

According to the National Council of Nonprofits, “Loss of tax-exemption could have disastrous consequences for a non-profit organization,” including the require-ment to pay corporate income tax, poten-tial back taxes and penalties and inability for donors to receive tax deductions.

Marijuana, driving can lead to DUIMotorists must submit to test if officer suspects impairmentStaff report

State officials are reminding the public that just because marijuana is now legal, driving under its influence is decidedly il-legal.

“From the perspective of law enforce-ment, the legalization of recreational mari-juana hasn’t changed the DUI law. If you drive high, you will get a DUI,” said Col. Scott Hernandez, chief of the Colorado State Patrol. “Officers are trained to detect impairment of all substances, including marijuana.”

All police officers are trained to detect when someone is drunk or high, and many are specially trained drug-recognition ex-perts.

Littleton Police Cmdr. Trent Cooper says nothing will change for local departments.

“Amendment 64 doesn’t change any-thing for us, currently, in terms of enforce-ment of DUID,” he said. “Basically, an of-ficer would have to suspect impairment, then conduct the standard DUID investi-gation.”

Colorado requires all drivers to consent to a chemical test if a police officer has rea-sonable grounds to believe they are driving under the influence. Consequences of re-fusing the test include the immediate sus-pension of your driver’s license for a year, classification as a “persistent drunk driver,”

mandatory ignition interlock for two years and alcohol education and therapy classes as specified by law.

It’s also illegal to consume or display marijuana on any public roadway or to have it in an open container in your car, as with alcohol.

The state has established the legal limit for THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, at five nanograms per milliliter of blood.

“There are some who do not feel that marijuana can impair driving, but it does,” said Darrell Lingk, director of CDOT’s Of-fice of Transportation Safety. “Marijuana affects reaction time, short-term memory, hand-eye coordination, concentration and perception of time and distance.”

According to the Colorado Judicial Branch, there were 24,742 DUI and DWAI cases filed in 2012 throughout the state of Colorado. If convicted, the offender is required to undergo an alcohol and drug evaluation. Out of 23,519 evaluations in 2012, marijuana was involved in 1,045.

“We’re trying to gather as many facts as possible about marijuana-impaired driv-ing to give us a baseline on the current situation in Colorado to better inform and educate the public on this issue,” said Amy Ford, director of communications at CDOT. “Recreational marijuana is a new liberty af-forded to Coloradans 21 years old and old-er, and we urge people to be responsible by not driving impaired.”

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RTD routes change with the yearBus, light rail trips see modificationsBy Tom [email protected]

Changes became effective Jan. 1 on about 80 Regional Transportation District bus and light rail routes.

The district makes adjustments to bus and light rail service three times a year to meet changes ridership or bus travel times. On Jan. 1, the majority of impacted routes will see schedule changes including a few area routes.

Only one route, the YL route serving Ly-ons and Longmont, was eliminated.

Most Jan. 1 route changes involve scheduling. On some routes, the frequency of service is changed, often to accommo-date higher ridership during rush hours. On other routes, some scheduled trips on a route that have at low ridership are being discontinued.

For information about schedule chang-es, go to the website at www.rtd-denver.com and click on the tab marked schedule changes.

“Our service development group tracks

schedules and ridership,” said Scott Reed, RTD public affairs officer. “Generally, changes come three times a year. For ex-ample, we adjust schedules when students return to school in August. We also may make schedule changes at the request of a community to meet increased ridership demands because of new businesses or fa-cilities.”

He also said that the times on sched-uled sometimes need to be adjusted be-cause of impacts to bus travel time such as road construction or increased traffic volume.

Even as new service changes begin, RTD is working on the changes scheduled for May. 11.

Two of the major RTD changes in May involve the opening of Union Station as a transportation hub plus the scheduled opening of the new Free MetroRide, a shuttle bus from Union Station to the Den-ver Civic Center.

Two meetings are scheduled for Jan. 29 to discuss these and other proposed May service changes. Both meetings will be at the RTD Administrative Building at 1600 Blake St. in Denver. One meeting is at noon and there will be a second meeting covering the same material at 6 p.m.

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seek “fixes” to an election reform bill last ses-sion, one that created same-day voter regis-tration in Colorado. Also, look for a bill from House Republicans that would scale back legislation signed into law last year, which doubled the renewable-energy mandate for rural electric cooperatives.

“Since it passed, the passion from the peo-ple in rural Colorado about how it’s going to be detrimental to them has not let up,” said House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland. “If the rural peoples’ voice is want-ing to be beard, I hope that Ferrandino and his crew will at least take a look at that.”

The House GOP will introduce a slate of bills that would reduce regulations on small businesses and will focus on helping econo-mies in rural communities, DelGrosso said.

DelGrosso said that last year’s session was more “left-centric” than what Coloradans had bargained for. He said voters’ resentment over major pieces of Democrat-sponsored legisla-tion was apparent during the recall election losses by Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Angela Giron of Pueblo. Evie Hudak of Westminster resigned rather than face her own recall attempt.

“I think some of the gun debate obviously

started that, but I think overall the folks that were voting in the recall election were like, ‘I don’t think the people representing us were focusing on us,’” DelGrosso said.

Ferrandino rejected that assertion, saying gun background checks are working and that the voices among Colorado’s rural communi-ty are being heard. The House speaker point-ed to legislation passed last year that provided grants to help rural communities diversify their economies and a separate bill that cre-ated a health and social services center inside Bent County’s Fort Lyon Correctional Facility.

Ferrandino also reminded his Republican colleagues that debate was never cut off last year, on any issue.

“I’ve made a concerted effort to make sure everybody has a voice,” the House speaker said. “Just because you don’t get your way doesn’t mean your voice isn’t being heard. While it’s a good talking point for the other side, the facts don’t support that assertion.”

Ferrandino said that the first priority of the House will be to work on flood and wildfire legislation, which should come with strong bipartisan support.

Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Au-rora, said the first bill out the Senate aims to curb escalating college tuition costs.

She also said that she expects legislation on oil and gas industry regulations. She said there is “a good chance” that the Senate will pass legislation that died last year, which would raise fines on companies for toxic

spills.Carroll is not naïve to the new reality in

the Senate. Because of the recall election ef-forts, her party’s majority has been reduced to a single vote. She is hopeful that Senate Republicans will support many Democratic bills, but acknowledges that some battles will be difficult.

“The 18-17 vote really matters,” she said.Carroll hopes the two sides can move be-

yond partisan politics this session.“The people really are sick of bickering,”

she said. “They’re sick of partisan mudsling-ing. They’re tired of excuses. They frankly

don’t want to hear it. They don’t want to know who is to blame for what; they just want us to get the job done.”

Meanwhile, Cadman insists that his party isn’t over-estimating Coloradans’ “outcry” from last year, by trying to undo laws that are already on the books.

“We’re not proposing legislation based on reactions,” he said. “We are proposing leg-islation based on fixing the things we think (Democrats) did wrong. So it’s not a popular-ity contest. This about doing what we feel is right and, frankly, correcting what we feel was wrong. Period.”


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Grant prompts creation of trails master plan Kaiser awards Lone Tree money to improve walking, biking access By Jane Reuter [email protected]

Walking and bicycling in Lone Tree may be easier in the future, thanks to a grant from Kaiser Permanente. The health care company, which recently opened a large medical services building on Park Meadows Drive, awarded the city a $100,000 grant to support the creation of a trails master plan.

In addition to the $100,000, Kaiser is also covering the cost of two consultants to help in the two-year process.

During that time, planners will iden-tify walking and bicycling barriers — as well as ways to improve and overcome them — along Lincoln Avenue, Yosemite Street and Park Meadows Drive.

“One of the things that makes Lone Tree distinctive is people really enjoy having space and a high quality of life,” the city’s business development coordi-nator Torie Brazitis said. “We really want to be able to figure out how to provide op-tions for getting to work, school or getting exercise. We want to make sure there are a lot of safe, easy-to-use options on our major corridors for folks to get around.”

The time to do that is now, Brazitis said, while Lone Tree is developing and

growing.“We really try to be ahead of the curve

so we don’t have to retrofit things later,” she said. “This is a great opportunity to really think about our needs and build for the future.”

Trail development dovetails with Lone Tree’s already well-established commit-ment to alternative transportation. The light rail’s southernmost point is in Lone Tree, and the city is working on a financ-ing plan to extend the line to RidgeGate Parkway and add three more stations.

A myriad of transportation options is a lure for employers like Charles Schwab, who chose Lone Tree as the site for a large, metro-area campus, and the grant’s giver, Kaiser Permanente.

Similar grants were awarded to nine other communities as part of Kaiser’s Walk and Wheel Colorado program.

“Health care is delivering care when people need it, but we actually prefer it when people stay healthy,” said Dale Flanders, director of Kaiser Permanente Colorado’s community relations. “The Walk and Wheel grant is part of that ac-tive living side. If people have access to (trails), they’ll take advantage of it more often.”

Flanders said the company may award additional funds as the process contin-ues.

“We see this as a first step on how do we work with companies, employers, cities to boost their active living in their communities,” he said.

Lone Tree will study pedestrian and bicycle access and trails on its major thoroughfares, including Yosemite Street. Photo by Jane Reuter

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Birthday cake fit for a kingDon’t blame it on LeBron James, but

the Denver Nuggets lost to him and his Miami Heat team on his birthday Dec. 30.

Sugarmill, the new bakery owned by celebrated local chef Troy Guard, crafted a birthday cake for the Miami Heat su-perstar. It was a red velvet masterpiece, which apparently gave him and his team good luck, much to our chagrin. Oh well, we’ll be good sports and wish James a very belated happy 29th birth-day!

Tropical Smoothie growsTropical Smoothie Café, known for

its healthy food with a tropical twist, entered the Colorado market in Octo-ber 2013 with the opening of its café in the Denver Tech Center at 5332 DTC Blvd., Greenwood Village. The second café opened on Nov. 29 at the Streets at Southglenn, 6955 S. York St., Centennial.

A third location will open in early 2014 in the Centennial Promenade on County Line Road. Husband and wife franchisee team, Michelle and Kriss Shriver, currently own and operate three cafés in Nevada and the “Franchisee of the Year” winners recently bought the rights for the franchise in Colorado.

Tropical Smoothie Café should prove to be a welcome newcomer to the “lean-est state in the nation.” The smooth-ies are made from real fruit and natu-ral sugar. The menu includes toasted wraps, bistro sandwiches, grilled flat-breads and gourmet salads made fresh-to-order. All nutritional information is displayed on the café’s countertops so that customers know what they are or-dering.

While Tropical Smoothie Café is a national franchise, the Shrivers’ focus is local.

“We are passionate about education and plan on holding ongoing fundrais-ers for schools. We are also dedicated to raising money for and promoting awareness of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare skin disorder that causes ex-treme skin fragility. We were so happy to be able to use our recent grand opening as a way to shed some light on this little known disease.”

At the opening, the Shrivers present-ed a check for $3,000 to Children’s Hos-pital Colorado’s EB Clinic, which was accepted by Krystle Martinez, whose 4-year-old son, Darren, has the disease and attends the CHC’s EB Clinic.

Steal of a steak deal Start the new year with a three-

course, prime rib dinner at Fleming’s at 191 Inverness Drive West in unincorpo-rated Arapahoe County.

The awesome restaurant is offering a prime rib dinner for $29.95 on Sundays through Feb. 2. More information at 303-768-0827.

Ride your bike, have a biteA new restaurant in Longmont that is

an ode to cyclists, CyclHOPS, opened on New Year’s Eve.

Brought to you from the owners of Oskar Blues Brewery, CyclHOPS is bill-ing itself as a combination bike shop and taqueria.

Moore’s paintings presented at PACE

Exhibit includes artist’s personal processBy Sonya Ellingboesel l ingboe@coloradocommunity media.com

Colorado native Jay Moore, a nationally recognized artist, has made Parker his home for the past 16 years, with a stu-dio and gallery in downtown Parker. His solo exhibit “Close to Home” will run Jan. 11 to March 8 in the Bellco Credit Union Gallery at the PACE Center.

He travels through the West in search of beautiful loca-tions and plans a trip around them, selecting a season of the year and time of day that suit him for a particular site. He will do small graphite sketches over three or four days, determining the composition, then plein air color sketches, journal entries about

weather, etc. and pho-tographs that eventually lead to a final finished large oil painting-or several- created in the studio, such as “Au-

tumn Bril-l i a n c e , ” the largest painting in this show.

For his new exhibit, Moore has drawn on scenes in the Parker area and chosen to illustrate his personal process from start to finish, including field sketches, color studies, journals, field paint boxes.

He will also illustrate the creative process for a series of 16 copper plate etchings — a 600-year-old art form. All 16

prints will be exhibited.Moore attended the Colorado Institute

of Art and studied at Art Students League of Denver, then worked as a designer and

illustrator for decades. His work has been featured in 25 different publications. His painting “Hazard Creek, Backlit” was purchased by the Denver Art Museum for its per-manent collection and the pioneer Mu-seum of Colorado Springs owns three paintings. Lockheed Martin and Cherry Hills Country Club have recently com-missioned large paintings and rock `n’ roll musician Joe Cocker has collected his work.

ABOVE: “On to Greener Pastures” by Jay Moore is exhibited Jan 11 through March 8 at the PACE Center. RIGHT: “Song of March,” oil on canvas by Jay Moore, is exhibited Jan. 11 through March 8 at the PACE Center in Parker. Courtesy photos

if you go“Close to Home,”

paintings by Jay Moore of Parker, runs Jan. 11 to March 8 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. An opening reception is planned from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 17.

Contemporary twists to familiar tale‘Aida’ on stage at the Aurora Fox

By Sonya [email protected]

“Aida,” the musical by Elton John and Tim Rice, based on Verdi’s opera, has a fine score, a somewhat complicated sto-ryline and contemporary touches to the often-told love triangle story. Ignite The-atre presents it through Jan. 19 at the Au-rora Fox, where Egyptian artifacts loaned by the Denver Museum of Nature and Sci-ence add atmosphere to the lobby.

Director Keith Rabin’s staging of this familiar tale about Radames, the Egyptian army captain, Aida, the Nubian Princess and Amneris the daughter of the Pharoah, opens in the Egyptian exhibit of a con-temporary museum. Two young people visiting the exhibit, become intrigued

with each other and a statue of a female pharaoh, Amneris, comes to life to sing “Every Story is a Love Story.”

The original couple reappears as Ra-dames (Alejandro Roldan) appears with his soldiers and a group of captured Nubian women, including Aida (Olivia James), while Amneris (Lindsey Falduto) phases right across centuries, still sing-ing. These lead actors have strong, well-trained voices but initially the sound system was not functioning adequately on opening night and music by the band almost drowned them out at times. By Act II, the balance improved and we assume it will be further fine-tuned.

When there is a Tony Award-win-ning score, one wants to enjoy it evenly throughout a performance. Rice’s lyr-ics work well most of the time and there are several that stand out: “My Strongest Suit,” “Elaborate Lives,” “A Step Too Far.”

The story brings Radames, who is be-trothed to the Pharoah’s Daughter, Am-neris, back from the war against Nubia. Among the captives is Princess Aida, with whom he falls in love in a relationship that goes against his father’s plans for him, as well as the wishes of Aida’s father and of course, the ailing Pharoah. Aida’s fellow Nubian captives want her to lead them, while she is focused on Radames — which will surely not end well.

The threat of death hovers as music and dance tell the familiar tale. The cho-reography is perhaps beyond the skills of some cast members and not entirely suc-cessful.

Costumes are colorful and deliver the images to carry the story on a simple stage set.

if you go“Aida” plays through Jan. 19 at the Aurora Fox Main

Stage, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $27/$19/$15. 720-362-2697, ignitetheatre.com

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Visit ‘Eagles on Holiday’ Families interested in nature will want

to include Rocky Mountain Arsenal Na-tional Wildlife Refuge in their weekend expeditions. The address is 6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City and hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Sundays, with the Visitor’s Center open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays. A nine-mile Wild-life Drive auto tour route is open daily and takes visitors through the bison pasture, wetlands, prairies and wooded areas.

On Feb. 22, from 1 to 3 p.m., “Eagles on Holiday” will be featured in a audito-rium presentation plus visit to their winter habitat, where as many as 40 birds spend the winter. The program is free, but reg-istration is required. Call 303-289-0930. For more information, see fws.gov/rocky-mountainarsenal.

Camera competitionThe Littleton Fine Arts Board invites

photographers to enter the 48th annual Eye of the Camera Competition and Exhibit, to be held Feb. 21 to March 30 at the Littleton Museum. Details available at CallForEntry.org. Deadline for submission: Jan. 24. The juror will be Jeffery Rupp, jrdenver.com.

Soukup’s solo showPainter Jill Soukup. who was the 2012 ju-

ror for the Lone Tree Arts Show, has a solo show, “Incongruity= Harmony” at Saks Galleries, 3019 E. 2nd Ave., Cherry Creek. It will hang Jan. 10-31 and will feature both animals and cityscapes. The opening re-ception will be 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 10.

Writers invitedThe Parker Writers Group will meet from

2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Parker Library. All writers are welcome. The topic will be “Create a Hook and Perfect Pitch for your Project, with a Q &A session on how to get published. Bring your pitch for feedback.

Stories on Stage “Way Out West” is the title for the next

edition of Stories on Stage, at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at Su Teatro Cultural and per-forming Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Readers include Adrian Egof read-ing Connie Willis’ “New Hat;” Brian Shea and Alison Watrous reading “Hart and Boot” by Tim Pratt and Steven Cole Hughes reading “The House on Sand Creek” by Thomas McGuane. Tickets cost $28, 303-494-0523, storiesonstage.org.

BA tropical journey“Exploring Costa Rica: Colors, Creatures

and Curiosities” will be a trip away from January blahs, a tropical journey depicted at 2 p.m. Jan 19 at the Lakewood Cultural

Center, 470 Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tour guide will be fi lmmaker Stanley Mor-timer. Tickets cost $10, 303-987-7845, Lakewood.org/tickets.

Englewood Camera Club The Englewood Camera Club will meet

at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Lutheran Church

of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The speaker will be Dr. Jason O’Dell, whose topic is “Stretching Time: Long Exposure Photography.” He will de-scribe tools and techniques for capturing long exposures in the fi eld. Visitors and prospective members are welcome. Doors open at 6:30p.m.

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Denver burger joints make listThrillist Nation, the online food

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Mozart’s chamber music is featuredProgram presented at Englewood’s Hampden HallBy Sonya [email protected]

Three quintets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will start off the new year for Englewood Arts Presents at 2 p.m. Jan. 18 at Hampden Hall, part of a se-ries of classical chamber music scheduled by new Artistic Direc-tor/CSO principal cellist Silver Ainomae.

He and his wife Anne (viola) will perform in all three works with other Colorado Symphony Orchestra musicians.

The program includes:

• Mozart’s “Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K.407.” It will showcase the CSO’s newest addition to the horn section, Kolio Plachkov.

The concerto was originally com-posed for Austrian horn virtuoso Jo-seph Leutgeb, who supplemented his meager income as a musician by open-ing a cheese shop in a suburb of Vienna, according to Englewood Arts publicist Cyndi Mancinelli.

• “String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K.516.” his work expands the string quartet by an addi-tional viola. The added violist will be CSO Associate Concert-master Claude Sim in a new role.

Also performing will be two of the newest additions to the violin section: Boram Kang and Stirling Trent.

• Clarinet Quin-tet in A Major, K.581,” one of Mo-zart’s most beloved chamber works, will feature CSO clari-netist Jason Shafer, a 2009 graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of

Music and former member of the New World Symphony in Mi-ami Beach, Fla.

The Englewood Arts Pres-ents concert programs are in-terspersed with bright and in-formative insights about the history of the music by the per-forming musicians.

Colorado Symphony Orchestra clarinetist Jason Shafer will perform Mozart’s beloved cham-ber work, “Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581,” on Jan. 18 at Hampden Hall in Englewood. Courtesy photo

if you goChamber music of Wolf-

gang Amadeus Mozart will be performed at 2 p.m. Jan. 18 in Hampden Hall, second floor of the Engle-wood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Tick-ets cost $15/adults; $12 se-niors; free under 18. Avail-able at: englewoodarts.org or at the door one-half hour prior to concert time.

Book details life of adventure, despite cancerCastle Rock author describes how he and wife lived good lifeBy Virginia [email protected]

They were both 14, high school freshmen in Wauseon, Ohio, when they first dated, then reconnected in college, and ended up being married for almost 30 years — and for the majority of those years, Ron Richards’ wife had cancer.

And one of their children had emo-tional and medical problems. And at one point Richards had cancer.

But the Castle Rock resident said re-cently that through it all it was mainly a life of adventure and positiveness and optimism, even though there was ad-versity — because he and his wife, Sara Richards, were determined that’s what it would be.

And so they made it that way. And now he’s written a book about it and will give a short talk at a 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18 local-authors showcase at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St.

Sara died in 2005. But before she did, she gave Ron an assignment to write a book about their life together — how adversity “doesn’t have to bring you down,” he recalled she said to him.

“We’ve had so many wonderful ad-ventures, despite the challenges and is-sues we’ve faced,” she told him. “People need to know that. We have to help them understand that living with those challenges doesn’t mean you have to lead a life filled with negativity. I have no doubt that you’re the best person to tell our story.”

Richards — a former sportswriter who moved on to public relations and sporting-events planning for major brewing companies — now has his own communications business in the home he shares with his second wife and stepdaughter.

But he also decided recently to take on writing the book, finally, which he titled, “Dodging Dandelions.”

Richards, 61, called it that because of what a doctor said after Sara was first diagnosed with breast cancer and they

asked the doctor about her prognosis.He told them that after finding a

dandelion in a yard, you can dig it out or use chemicals, but that chances are “as time goes by, more dandelions will appear … I would be surprised if you weren’t always fighting off dandelions.”

Richards said that after dating in high school they went separate ways — he to the University of Toledo and she to Colorado State University. But they de-cided they didn’t want to be apart and so he eventually transferred to CSU and completed a journalism degree.

They married in 1975 and had a son in 1981 and she was first diagnosed with cancer in 1983.

He remembers what Sara — whom he describes as a pragmatic, exception-ally resilient person who’d been raised on a dairy farm — said after the first di-agnosis of cancer.

“We won’t let this ruin our lives…And we won’t let it run our lives, either. I’ll do what I have to fight it but I will not let cancer control our lives,” she told him.

He said they often used humor — like calling a Friday night trip to the hospital a “date.”

After she had a mastectomy, they

moved to Albuquerque for work, even-tually moved back to Colorado and ad-opted a daughter.

Then Ron Richards accepted a job in Wisconsin, doing sports marketing for Miller Brewing Co. She was to join him at the end of the school year.

But in 1989, more cancer, a lump in the chest area, had to be removed and then there was radiation.

Then he moved on to a new job in Detroit, where Sara in 1999 had another round of cancer, this time tumors in the liver.

In 2000, it was his turn — kidney cancer. Then in 2001, a tumor was dis-covered in Sara’s brain.

At one point, the couple had a whole year to travel and see friends because Richards’ employer at the time — Championship Auto Racing Teams, an Indy Car racing sanctioning organiza-tion in Detroit — gave him a year’s sal-ary and benefits, and a directive to en-joy the time and use it as the retirement that he and Sara would never be able to have.

To attend Richards’ talk, go to the following link to register: http://host.evanced.info/douglas/evanced/even-tsignup.asp?ID=80738.

Ron Richards, 61, of Castle Rock, talks about a book he wrote recently, “Dodging Dandelions,” that describes how he and his first wife, Sara, continued to live an adventurous, positive life despite many years of cancer. Photo by Virginia Grantier


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Calendar of Events For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events or more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

Thursday, January 9th:Women in Leadership: Open House Forum with Chamber Board Members WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Friday, January 10th:Economic Development Group Breakfast: Current Development Projects in South Metro Denver WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Greater Littleton Youth Initiative WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Monday, January 13th:STEM-EC: Science Technology Engineering Math in South Metro Denver WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Tuesday, January 14th:Business Bible Study Chamber Library, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Business After Hours hosted by Volcano Restaurant 10440 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial

Wednesday, January 15th:STEM-EC: Douglas County Schools Site Visit Location TBD

PowerPoint Dynamic Design Tricks Mission Critical Systems-DTC, 7384 S. Alton Way, Suite 201, Centennial

Southwest Metro Business Alliance: Business Best Practices The Peak Wellness Center, 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton

Thursday, January 16th:Health & Wellness Initiative Board of Advisors WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Health & Wellness Initiative: Health Care Reform - The Freight Train is Here! WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Quarterly Meetup for Profit: Building Business Using Social Marketing WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

Friday, January 17th:Social Marketing for Business: Generating New Leads WhippleWood Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Centennial

On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 the South Metro Denver Chamber hosted its annual legislative reception. The event, held in the atrium at Columbia College’s Aurora campus, was attended by more than 50 business leaders from the south metro area and 7 state legislators.

The program began with a toast delivered by Andrew Graham, owner of Clinic Service. Senators Linda Newell (D-Littleton) and David Balmer (R-Centennial) joined Representatives Angela Williams (D-Denver), Chris Holbert (R-Parker), Polly Lawrence (R-Roxborough), Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills / Englewood), and Spencer Swalm (R-Centennial) to provide a recap of the 2013 legislative session and a preview of the 2014 legislative session. Major themes included job creation and easing the burden on small businesses.

John Brackney, President & CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber applauded the legislators’ bipartisan tone. “We were all encouraged to see how much these legis-lators respect each other and we urge them to work together throughout the session for the benefit of our state.” Jeff Wasden, the Chamber’s Vice-Chair of Public Affairs echoed those sentiments and expressed the gratitude of the business community for the legislators’ service to South Metro Denver.

Carol Braverman, co-owner of Mountaintop Acupuncture, enjoyed both the presenters and those present: “[It was] so interesting to hear each legislator’s achieve-ments and upcoming agendas, and the attendees were equally engaging.”

The Chamber thanks the event’s presenting sponsor Clinic Service, venue sponsor Columbia College, and catering sponsor Sava Catering. For more information on the Chamber’s public policy activities and future politically oriented events such as our Chamber Day at the Capitol on February 26th, join the South Metro Denver Business Leaders for Responsible Government at www.meetup.com/business-leaders-for-responsible-government or contact the Chamber Director of Public Policy, Patrick Pratt, at 303-795-0142.

Leading Edge graduates demonstrate their enthusiasm for the program. (l to r) Julie Melville, Stefanie Dalgar, Cindy Weist, Andra Lewis, Wade Owen, Charles Tamale.

South Metro Denver Chamber Hosts Annual Legislative Reception

South Metro Denver SBDC Announces Winners and Graduates of Fall 2013 Leading Edge™ Strategic Planning Series by Natalie Harden, South Metro Denver SBDC

The South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC) graduated its most recent Leading Edge™ Strategic Planning Series for Entrepreneurs and Start-up participants on December 4th.

The graduation ceremony was held at the South Metro Denver Cham-ber of Commerce, where participants have been spending one evening a week for the past twelve weeks gaining instruction on how to write a comprehensive business plan.

In attendance were Darrell Schulte, President of the Colorado Business Bank Littleton Branch; John Brackney, President/CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber; and Marcia McGilley, Executive Director of the South Metro Denver SBDC. Colorado Business Bank is the corporate sponsor of the Leading Edge Strategic Planning Series Program.

Twelve participants participated in the course and were awarded with certificates recognizing their accomplishment. At the end of the course, participants were invited to submit their business plans into a class competition, with three winners being chosen and announced at the graduation ceremony. Jon Ewoniuk of Stash won first place and was awarded $300; Cindy Weist of Western States Sales won second place and received $200; and Andra Lewis of Blush and Birch won third place and was awarded $100.

“The twelve participants spent a great deal of time and energy in researching, writing and creating their business plans. We applaud their accomplishment. Our instructor Stefanie Dalgar of Dalgar Communica-tions, LLC, guided the participants through the coursework with ease and expertise allowing existing and start-up entrepreneurs to contribute

to the growth of our South Metro economy,” said McGilley.To learn more about the Leading Edge™ Strategic Planning Series,

visit smallbusinessdenver.com or call 303-795-0142. The South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center is partially funded by the U.S.

Small Business Administration. The Support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration through such funding does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors’ or participants’ opinions products or services. The Colorado SBDC is a partnership between the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Colorado’s institutions of higher education, and local development organizations.

Chamber President & CEO John Brackney speaks to the crowd at the Annual Legislative Reception. (l to r): Rep. Spencer Swalm, Rep. Daniel Kagan, John Brackney, Rep. Polly Lawrence (behind Brackney), Rep. Chris Holbert, Rep. Angela Williams, Senator David Balmer, Senator Linda Newell, Jeff Wasden.

A LIFE IN ART REFLECTEDWorks of rita derjue, ‘Big... Bold ... Beautiful’ at CurtisBy Sonya [email protected]

“Dark Forest,” a 47-inch-by-62-inch acrylic on canvas, shows Littleton painter rita derjue’s style as it is today after an ac-tive 60-year career spent capturing the scene around her in a range of techniques and styles — always with joyous color.

The painting will be one of more than 30 derjue works exhibited in a show called “Big…Bold…Beauti ful : The work of rita derjue,” running Jan. 11 through Feb. 14 at the Cur-tis Arts and Hu-manities Center in Greenwood Vil-lage. The opening reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 11.

The painter, who began her ed-ucation in a one-

room Rhode Island schoolhouse, grad-uated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1956, then studied at the Akademie der Bil-denden Kunst in Munich — in a sec-tion of the city that reminds her of New York’s Greenwich Village.

In Germany, through frequent museum visits, she absorbed the works of the Blaue Reiter group (Kan-dinsky, Munter and others), which has influenced her work ever since in the free composi-tion, linear quality and intense color that characterize her works through the years. She stud-ied in Mexico, soaking up color contrasts there, and returned to Germany.

While traveling in Germany, she met

Carle Zimmer-man, her future husband and great supporter, whom she married in the United States in 1959. The couple moved to Ithaca New York, where both engaged in graduate work at Cornell University. They moved to Littleton in 1963, where he worked as an engineer with Marathon Oil until the research center was closed. Both were involved in civic affairs.

They began to raise a family, in-cluding a son and daughter, main-tained a Little-ton home and a mountain cabin in Como.

At this period, her paintings were pri-marily watercolors, as she climbed high peaks and was exhilarated by the dramat-

ic landscapes before her. She still paints in Como in summer (en plein air) and in her light-filled Littleton studio with a view of the Front Range in winter.

She writes that she is connected with the contemporary art scene “by straight-forward composition that arrests the eye and plays with harmonies and connec-tions of line, form and inventive color.”

She is a daring colorist and said: “she paints what she knows best. In Colorado, the quiet expanses of South Park and rug-ged mountain vistas give natural shapes a continuity, locked together sometimes with indigenous architecture.”

But she has also painted in 25 differ-ent countries, carrying an ever-present sketchbook where she draws in ink, makes color notes, sometimes adds wa-tercolors and sometimes a bit of story about the chosen site.

Often, architecture is a focus and de-tails make each painting a different view of a scene, be it a cathedral, castle or sim-ple rural abode.

Some of these sketchbooks will be exhibited at Curtis as well as the larger paintings.

Her constant involvement with land-scapes and cityscapes has led her to be an outspoken activist regarding the environ-ment and historic preservation.

Painter rita derjue’s exhibit, “Big…Bold…Beautiful” will be at Curtis Arts and Humanities Center through Feb. 14. Courtesy photo

if you go“Big…Bold…Beau-

tiful: the work of rita derjue” will be exhibited Jan. 11 to Feb. 14 at Cur-tis Arts and Humanities Center, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Vil-lage. Opening reception: 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 11. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fri-days.303-797-1779.

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Denver Broncos revenge tour starts nowRemember the Ravens.I know it’s a new year and Auld Lang

Syne asks us to contemplate whether “old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind.”

But, as Broncos fans, we would be in a delusional state of denial if we were to sweep under the rug what happened to our beloved Orange and Blue around this time last year.

Sorry for the buzz kill, Broncos Country, but do you remember what it felt like to see the ball that Baltimore Ravens kicker Jus-tin Tuck booted into the frigid and rarified Denver air last January, as it sailed through the uprights at Invesco Field at Mile High?

If you don’t, you were either passed out drunk or are lying.

I remember it like it was yesterday: De-feated and deflated after an exhausting four-hour game, I collapsed in my couch and stared at the TV, asking myself, ‘Did that really just happen?’

When I awoke the next morning, I expe-rienced a serene glimmer of hope that what had happened was just a bad dream. Alas, it wasn’t.

The incomprehensible loss was painful

— and it was one that Broncos fans have ex-perienced before. In 1997, the Broncos were offensively loaded and were championship material when an upstart Jacksonville Jag-uars team came into Denver and shocked the world.

To be sure, the Broncos have done their part to try to erase those memories. They re-bounded from the Jaguars loss to win back-to-back Super Bowls. And this year, Peyton Manning has broken more records than were destroyed during the 1979 Disco De-molition Night promotion in Chicago.

But for rabid sports fans like me, nothing short of winning or a lobotomy can erase bad memories.

And I’m not talking about regular season wins; those mean nothing. Everything that happened from September through De-

cember was just an extension of the Bron-cos’ preseason schedule. Only January and February matters in this town.

This weekend, the Broncos welcome the San Diego Chargers to Denver, and with them arrives the hated Philip Rivers. No one outside of San Diego likes Rivers. And as adorable as his on-field 3-year-old-like tem-per tantrums might be to Chargers fans, we here in Denver simply loathe the guy.

It would be nice to punish the Chargers for embarrassing us at home a few weeks ago. Vegas isn’t giving the Bolts much of a chance, positioning Denver as 10-point fa-vorites.

But the Broncos were laying heavy bet-ting timber to the Ravens, as well. And just like the Ravens, the Chargers are playing well at the right time and are coming into the Mile High City on a hot streak, with nothing to lose.

The Broncos — loaded with perhaps the greatest arsenal of offensive talent in league history and an aging Hall of Fame quarter-back — absolutely must beat the Chargers this weekend.

We cannot lose to Philip Rivers. And we cannot lose at home in the first round of the playoffs — again.

Is Denver the best team in the AFC? Yes. Is Denver the best team in football? One can make a strong argument.

But the best team doesn’t always win in January.

Do I think Denver will win the Super Bowl this year? Yes. But that necessarily means that we must not lose Sunday.

The Broncos’ combined record this sea-son against the other three remaining AFC playoff teams is 1-3.

The Revenge Tour starts now.Remember what San Diego did to us at

home a few weeks back.Remember that Philip Rivers is utterly

obnoxious.Remember what it felt like to see Peyton

Manning lose during his emotional return to Indianapolis this year.

Remember Tom Brady. Remember be-ing up 24-0 to the Patriots before suffering a miserable loss.

But, above all: Remember the Ravens.

Aside from sports-column writing, Vic Vela covers the Legislature for Colorado Commu-nity Media. Vic can be reached at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter: @VicVela1.

A TRIUMPHANT RETURN HOMEArapahoe remains unbeaten with win over Mountain VistaBy Jim [email protected]

Brendan Till was happy to see the fa-miliar surroundings of the Sitting Eagle gym and made sure the Arapahoe boys basketball team had a successful home-coming.

Till scored a game-high 26 points, in-cluding 10 in the critical fourth quarter, as seventh-ranked Arapahoe defeated No. 5 Mountain Vista 63-55 in a Jan. 4 non-league showdown between two unbeaten teams.

It was the first time the Warriors had been in the Arapahoe gym for 23 days since the Dec. 13 shooting tragedy.

“I had the flow going,” said Till. “It was good to be back ... We were playing in front of our own fans and we had a great turnout. Just being home was a big deal. It was a step back to normalcy.”

Since the shooting, Arapahoe had been practicing at nearby Lifetime Fitness.

“We had not been on this court since Dec. 12,” explained Warriors coach Dan Snyder. “That’s really hard. Lifetime could not have been more wonderful and gra-cious and we really appreciate it but it’s not the same as practicing here. We were on a court with two hoops instead of six hoops. So as far as running a practice and stations and stuff like that, you can’t do it.

“I’m proud of the kids because of their resiliency. I made the comment that we’re fortunate to be practicing anywhere. So we’re not going to complain about the circumstances. … We’re really happy to be back in our own building. Regardless of the situation of the last few weeks, the energy level of this group is really good.”

Down 49-48 with 4:40 to play in the game, Arapahoe outscored the Golden Eagles 15-6. The Warriors, guilty of seven turnovers in the first quarter, had just 10 the rest of the way and employed a zone defense down the stretch which seemed to baffle Mountain Vista, which came into the game scoring 85.1 points per game.

“We had great energy,” said Till. “Turn-overs definitely caused some problems in the first half. We crashed the boards of-fensively and defensively. I don’t think we had a single offensive rebound in the first half. So it was aggressive intensity on both sides that won the game.”

Till, a 6-foot-2 senior, scored nine of Arapahoe’s first 11 points in the fourth quarter that started with the game tied at 44-all. He finished with a free throw to

account for the Warriors’ eight-point tri-umph.

“He had a tremendous game,” said Snyder. “He can score in a lot of different

ways. He’s really a good shooter and he sees the court really well. That allows him to go to the right spot at the right time so it’s more than just being a good shooter.”

Arapahoe sank five of six free throws in the final 1:08 to stall any possible Moun-tain Vista comeback. The Warriors went 14 for 16 at the foul line for the game.

“I was happy with how well we execut-ed in the fourth quarter and obviously we hit some shots,” added Snyder.

“The zone seemed to work. They were hurting us so bad getting to the basket against our man-to-man. In the scouting we had done, they are so good in transi-tion, they shoot a ton of layups every game.”

In addition to Till, Corbin Atwell scored 16 points while James Dalrymple and Ethan Brunhofer each had eight for the Warriors.

Graham Smith had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Mountain Vista, which committed 19 turnovers including six in the final quarter.

The Golden Eagles missed five 3-point attempts in the final 35 seconds. Moun-tain Vista’s leading scorer Jake Pemberton had only five points with all of them com-ing in the first half.

“Arapahoe is a good team,” said Moun-tain Vista coach Bob Wood. “They were aggressive on defense and we didn’t ex-ecute very well against (their zone).

“Inside of four minutes if you turn the ball over five or six times, you are not go-ing to win the game. A lot of them were forced turnovers. We were trying to force the ball where it’s not open instead of executing and getting something. ... We played poorly.”

Arapahoe (7-0) opened play in the tough Centennial League Jan. 8 against Cherry Creek and travels to Smoky Hill for a game Jan. 10.

“Of the top 10 teams in the rankings, five are in our league and a couple are just outside of the top 10,” pointed out Snyder. “I’ve seen all the teams in our league and I can say without a doubt this is the stron-gest the league has been from top to bot-tom since I’ve been coaching.

Mountain Vista (8-1), meanwhile, played at Fountain Fort Carson Jan. 7 and hosted Montbello Jan. 8.

“I guess the Arapahoe loss sends a message,” confessed Wood. “Sometimes you think that you are better than you are. Hopefully this will help us. You hope you learn from mistakes and get better. We’ve got a lot of good teams yet to play.”

Arapahoe’s Corbin Atwell (10) shoots over Mountain Vista’s Brady Subart (23) on Jan. 4. Atwell had 16 points in the game as the Warriors won the game 63-55. Photo by Paul DiSalvo


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Sunday Worship8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran School & ELC(Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

303-841-4660www.tlcas.org

Trinity Lutheran Church

& School

Abiding Word Lutheran Church

8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

Worship ServicesSundays at 9:00am

303-791-3315 [email protected]

www.awlc.org

Sunday Worship8:00 am Chapel Service

9:00 & 10:30 am Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

www.st-andrew-umc.com303-794-2683

Preschool: 303-794-05109203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Open and Welcoming

Sunday 8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945

www.ParkerCCRS.org303.805.9890

ParkerCommunity Churchof Religious Science

Sunday services held in thehistoric Ruth Memorial Chapel

at the Parker Mainstreet Center...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138

New Thought...Ancient Wisdom

Visit our website fordetails of classes &

upcoming events.Sunday Service& Children’s Church10:00 a.m.

Castle Rock

Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch

Littleton

ParkerParker

Parker

Lone TreeFranktown

Denver Tech Center United Church Of ChristParker Hilltop

10926 E. Democrat Rd.Parker, CO • 10am Worshipwww.uccparkerhilltop.org

303-841-2808

Little Blessings Day Carewww.littleblessingspdo.com

First UnitedMethodist Church

1200 South StreetCastle Rock, CO 80104

303.688.3047www.fumccr.org

Services:Saturday 5:30pm

Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11amSunday School 9:15am

Sunday Worship 10:304825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd.Castle Rock • canyonscc.org

303-663-5751

An EvangelicalPresbyterian Church

“Loving God - Making A Difference”A place for you

worship Time

Welcome Home!Weaving Truth

and Relevance into Relationships and Life

9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages

90 east orchard roadlittleton, co

303 798 6387www.gracepointcc.us

10:30AM sundays

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email [email protected].

GR AC E PR E S B Y T E R IA N

303-798-8485

www.gracecolorado.comAlongside One Another On Life’s Journey

Sundays at10:00 am

Grace is on the NE Corner of SantaFe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

(Across from Murdochs)

You are invitedto worship with us:

Saturday 5:30pm

Sunday 8:00 & 10:30am

Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-37707051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO

303-841-3739www.joylutheran-parker.org

JoyLUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

Education Hour: Sunday 9:15am

S E r v i C E S :

Parker evangelicalPresbyterian church

Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship8:45 am & 10:30 am

9030 Miller roadParker, Co 80138

303-841-2125www.pepc.org

Sunday Worship - 10:00amBible Study immediately followingWednesday Bible Study - 7:30pm

Currently meeting at:9220 Kimmer Drive, Suite 200

Lone Tree 80124303-688-9506

www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Lone TreeChurch of Christ

Meets at the Marriott DTC

4900 S Syracuse St,Denver, CO 80237

10 am every SundayFree parking

Current Study: Spiritual Ancestry

Pastor Mark Brewer

Join us at Sheraton Denver Tech Center

7007 S Clinton Street in Greenwood Village(nearby I-25 and Arapahoe Rd.)

www.cbsdenver.org303-794-6643

Congregation Beth Shalom

CONFERENCE

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134 Office (303) 841-3836

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Friday 7PM, Sat. 7PM, Sunday 10:45AM & 6PM

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Singles, Couples, Marrieds and Families of all ages are welcome.

Public welcome.

JAGUARS OPEN 2014 WITH WIN New coach pleased with senior leadership By Tom Munds [email protected]

Becky Mudd’s Rock Canyon squad granted the coach’s wish for a win to start out 2014, as the Jaguars outscored Denver East, 60-53, in non-league girls basketball action on Jan. 4

“We were playing well before the break and need to play well today,” Mudd said before the game, emphasizing her wish for a W.

The victory raises Rock Canyon’s record to 5-2 and the game was just the second loss of the season for Denver East.

The Jaguars now return to regular prac-tice sessions as they prepare for fi ve road games in a row — Rampart on Jan. 10, Palmer on Jan. 11, Thomas Jefferson on Jan. 13, Ponderosa on Jan. 17 and Mountain Vis-ta on Jan. 21. The Jaguars next home game is a league contest Jan. 28 against Legend.

The Rock Canyon-Denver East game was a fast-paced contest from the open-ing tipoff until the fi nal buzzer. The teams traded baskets early but the Jaguars went on a six-point run late in the period to take a 13-9 lead by the end of the fi rst quarter.

Denver East pushed the ball hard at ev-ery opportunity, looking for fast-break op-portunities. However, the Angels usually

found Rock Canyon defenders cutting off the lanes to the hoop.

Rock Canyon’s balanced inside-outside attack helped the team extend its lead to 46-35 by the end of the third quarter en route to the 60-53 win. The Jaguars also used their height advantage to block nine shots and pull down a total of 44 rebounds.

Lexy Thorderson paced the Jaguar attack with a double double, scoring 31 points that included hitting fi ve three-pointers and pulling down 12 rebounds. Morgan Roos

added eight points and blocked six shots while teammate Kendall Koslosky scored six points and had nine rebounds. Kendall Smith was the team assist leader with six.

“I think you could tell we were a little rusty after the holiday break but we pushed through and got the win,” Thorderson said after the game. “I just shoot when I am open and that includes when I am open for three-pointers. I like the long shots but I also like to drive to the basket because there is a chance I’ll make the shot, get

fouled and it’ll be a three-point play for us that way.”

The senior played other sports earlier in her prep career but this year is focusing only on basketball as she will play at San Diego State University next year.

“I need to work on my ball handling skills and my inside post game,” she said. “I do pretty well defensively but I can always improve there and I can get better in being in the right spot to get the rebounds.”

Mudd took over the head coaching spot this season and said she is lucky to have four talented seniors to anchor her team in Thorderson, Roos, Koslosky and Erin Mc-Clarie.

“The seniors are the core of our team plus we have talented juniors to fi ll the remainder of the spots on the roster,” the coach said. “We play pretty good offense and our defense is solid. So far, good de-fense has helped keep us in games as we have been able to keep the opponents con-tained.”

A Denver Christian High School gradu-ate, Mudd attended Calvin College (Mich.) and, after graduation, coached one year at Mullen before returning to her alma mater. She spent 18 years there as an assistant be-fore taking over at Rock Canyon this sea-son.

“The team was 18-7 last year and, for the most part, they play the type of basketball I coach,” she said of her new squad. “I want the girls to have more discipline on offense. I tell them to take good care of the basket-ball as they look for the open shot.”

Coach Becky Mudd points out where she wants a player to move during Rock Canyon’s Jan. 4 girls basketball game against Denver East. This is Mudd’s 20th season coaching girls basketball but her � rst year as head coach and her � rst year at Rock Canyon. Photo by Tom Munds


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Class urges bouncing to good healthKangoo Jump benefits extend far beyond fitnessBy Jane [email protected]

A new fitness regime introduced this week at the Lone Tree Recreation Center does much more than just tone the body, said instructor Darina “Tigra” Miteva.

Kangoo Jumps boots, the focal point of her Kangoo Jump class, can help cure depression, tighten skin, improve pos-ture and boost cardiovascular endur-ance, Miteva said. Kangoo Jumps resem-ble a ski boot outfitted with springs and are designed for bouncing.

“It changes everything,” she said. “I’ve gotten so addicted to these boots that if I don’t bounce once a day, I feel so sick. These boots are a way to get away from all your problems. They’re happiness in my life.”

Miteva loves them so much she’s worn them to nightclubs and social outings. She now wants to share her joy with oth-ers.

“Every time you bounce on these boots, all your muscles contract,” said Miteva. “It works your gluts, legs and calves. You have more endurance and you become stronger.”

Miteva is teaching her 40-minute class at the Lone Tree and Goodson recreation centers. The class began Jan. 6 but re-mains open to new participants.

Each session includes a 10-minute warm-up, 20 minutes of high-intensity activity and a 10-minute cool down. Mi-teva urges those who try the boots to be ready for a workout, and take more than one class.

“It takes a lot of energy,” she said. “You sweat — a lot.

But don’t get discouraged. You can’t get the full effect in one class.”

Miteva is a native of Bulgaria who moved to the United States 16 years ago in pursuit of a better life, she said. She launched a cleaning business, then shift-ed her focus to exercise instruction about

five years ago. A certified Zumba instruc-tor, Miteva said Kangoo is her passion.

“I love these boots so much I don’t want to take them off,” she said. “This is not just exercise. This is a lot of fun.”

Cost for the class is $40 for members and $44 for non-members, plus a $3 fee for boot rental.

Miteva already teaches the class in Denver, Aurora and Lakewood, and aims to begin certifying other instructors in February.

The boots can be purchased for $250, but Miteva recommends trying a class before making the investment.

To register for the class, visit www.sspr.org, or call 303-347-5999. It is open to people age 8 and up.

Fitness instructor Darina Miteva shows off her Kangoo Boots, the centerpiece of a new exercise class, at the Lone Tree Recreation Center. Photo by Jane Reuter

sports roundup

McCaffrey named state’s bestValor Christian running back Chris-

tian McCaffrey, the Colorado Commu-nity Media’s Offensive Player of the Year, was selected as the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame’s boys High School Athlete of the Year for 2013.

McCaffrey will be honored at the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame’s banquet April 17 at the Denver Marriott City Center.

The two-time Colorado Gatorade player of the year rushed for 1,858 yards last season, averaging 11.83 yards per carry and scored 27 touchdowns. He caught 39 passes for 721 yards and 16 TDs. He finished with 46 touchdowns to lead the state.

McCaffrey, who has committed to play football at Stanford, is second all-time in career Colorado history with 848 points, 141 touchdowns and 47 TD receptions. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound senior who also plays basketball and runs track is the all-time state career leader with 8,456 all-purpose yards.

The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame selection committee also recognized Valor’s football team for winning five

consecutive state championships and to ThunderRidge football and baseball standout Brody Westmoreland.

Rocky Heights archers dominateRocky Heights dominated the middle

school competition in the Olympic Archery in Schools Fall Mail-In tourna-ment.

The Highlands Ranch middle school took the first six places in the girls’ event. Emily Wilson and Shayna Smith were first with 348 points, followed by Reggie Gaglione, Beka Gaglione, Ange-lina Avers and Sophia Sobota.

Johnny Stack was second in the boys division with 344 points, while team-mates Kaden Groves, Leland Boutiler and Patrick Allen fifth took third through fifth.

Forrest named top assistantRyan Forrest, who grew up in High-

lands Ranch and pitched for Regis Jesuit High School, has been named lead as-sistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator for Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

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National Western ready to rollRodeo, livestock judging, special events come to DenverBy Tom [email protected]

Pro football’s biggest game is in Feb-ruary, but the National Western Stock Show, billed as the “Super Bowl of Live-stock Shows and Sales,” comes to Denver Jan. 11-26.

There are judging competitions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, lla-mas, bison, yaks, poultry and rabbits. Since space is fairly limited, animals are constantly moving in and out of the complex so that more than 15,000 head of livestock can take part in the judging competitions and sales

In addition to the livestock judging competitions, there also are numerous livestock sales where millions of dollars change hands as thousands of animals are sold to new owners.

While livestock activities go on almost constantly, the stock show’s daily sched-ule also may include rodeos, displays and entertainment. The fact there is something for almost everyone attracts hundreds of thousands of men, women and children through the turnstiles. Last year’s attendance was more the 628,000.

The multitude of livestock judg-ing and sales plus more than 50 special events are held at a variety of locations. While the rodeo performances are in the held in the Denver Coliseum, the major-ity of livestock show and sale activities plus some special events like Super Dogs are centered at the National Western Stock Show Arena and the pens in the nearby stockyards.

The 16-day run of the National West-ern Stock Show is Colorado’s largest trade show with more than 350 vendors scheduled to be on the grounds this year. Many of the vendors will be located in

the three-level Hall of Education near 46th Avenue.

Another venue is the Events Center and Paddock located at the north end of the National Western complex. These venues are the location for most horse show events and specialty acts like a Night of Dancing Horses and the Wild

West show.Parking is free but a general admis-

sion ticket is required to get into the stock show.

The ticket entitles the holder to visit the trade show, displays, stock shows and auctions. Ticket prices vary from $13 to $19 for anyone 12 and up. Tickets for

children 3 to 11 years old are $2 to $3, de-pending on the day. Children under 3 get in free.

The general admission ticket also is good for visits to the Children’s Ranch-land and petting farm, which are open daily on the third floor of the Expo Hall.

In addition, there are a variety of ac-tivities at the new Ames Activity Pavilion including stick horse rodeos, kids pedal-tractor pulls, horseshoe pitching and dummy roping contests. The pavilion is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the daily activity lists are posted on the web-site, www.nationalwestern.com, where you can also find out more about ticket prices.

There about 50 special events that require admission tickets that range in price from $8 to $100 each. Each ticket includes a National Western admission ticket. Among the events on the enter-tainment schedule are two Mexican Ro-deo Extravaganzas, three Professional Bull Riders events, two Wild West shows, the Grand Prix horse jumping show, two SuperDogs shows and the Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Ro-deo.

There are also 23 rodeo performances during first stop of the year for members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys As-sociation.

Each performance will include a full schedule of traditional rodeo competi-tions plus there will be specialty acts booked to perform during breaks be-tween rodeo events.

At the other end of the National West-ern complex, the Events Center will be equally busy as the site of equestrian events that include daily schedule of rid-ing and performance competitions.

The Events Center is also the site of the Wild West Show, an event fashioned after the turn-of-the-century perfor-mances produced by Buffalo Bill Cody and other specialty events.

The rider guides the horses through a ring of fire during the Wild West Show at a recent year’s National Western Stock Show. The National Western opens Jan. 11 for its 2014 run and will include livestock judging and sales, rodeos and the Wild West Show that is patterned after the shows put on by Buffalo Bill Cody. Courtesy photo


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Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REALESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE ANDOF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE

OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession orOccupancy of the hereinafter DescribedLand, Lot or Premises, and to the Personin Whose Name the Same was Taxed orSpecially Assessed, and to all Personshaving an Interest or Title of Record in orto the said Premises and To Whom It MayConcern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - Brandon Carter as Assist-ant Secretary c/o Federal National Mort-gage Association, aka Fannie Mae – Fed-eral National Mortgage Association., akaFannie Mae - Matthew Schlaepfer as anindividual and as Attorney in Fact for Phil-lip Schlaepfer - Matthew Schlaepfer -Phillip Schlaepfer - Phillip Schlaepfer andMatthew Schlaepfer - Phillip Schlaepferby Matthew Schlaepfer as Attorney in Factc/o Phillip Schlaepfer - Phillip Schlaepferby Matthew Schlaepfer as Attorney in Factc/o Matthew Schlaepfer - Ralph Vomaske

You and each of you are hereby notifiedthat on the 21st day of October 2010 thethen County Treasurer of the County ofDouglas, in the State of Colorado, sold atpublic tax lien sale to Ralph Vomaske thefollowing described real estate situate inthe County of Douglas, State of Colorado,to wit:

LOT 19 BLK 4 THE PINERY #4 0.35AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certi-ficate of purchase therefore to Ralph Vo-maske. That said tax lien sale was madeto satisfy the delinquent taxes assessedagainst said real estate for the year 2009;That said real estate was taxed or spe-cially assessed in the name(s) of PhillipSchlaepfer for said year 2009. That aTreasurer’s Deed will be issued for saidreal estate to the said Ralph Vomaskeat1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 24th day ofApril 2014, unless the same has been re-deemed. Said property may be redeemedfrom said sale at any time prior to the ac-tual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.Witness my hand this 27th day of Decem-ber 2013.

/s/ Diane A. HolbertCounty Treasurer of Douglas County

Legal Notice No.: 924690First Publication: January 9, 2014Last Publication: January 23, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Government Legals Public Notice

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)#006-14

CHILD WELFARE LEGAL SERVICES

The Department of Human Services ofDouglas County Government, hereinafterreferred to as the County, respectfullyrequests proposals from responsible andqualified attorneys or legal firms to providelegal services related to child welfarework that includes representation at court,administrative hearings, and possibly jurytrials. Individuals or firms may reply, andmust be prepared to begin working inFebruary or March 2014.

The initial agreement, issued as a result ofthis RFP, will be for calendar year 2014,beginning approximately February 24,2014, to and including December 31,2014. All proposed fees shall be firm andfixed for the initial contract period. TheCounty shall have an option to renew thisagreement for two (2) additional periods ofone (1) year each, with the same termsand conditions. The renewal option is tobe exercised no later than thirty (30) daysprior to November 1, 2014. This agree-ment and/or extension to the originalperiod of a subject agreement shall becontingent upon annual funding beingappropriated, budgeted and otherwisemade available for such purposes andsubject to the County’s unanimous satis-faction with the services received duringthe preceding agreement period.

The RFP documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Moun-tain E-Purchasing System website atwww.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFPdocuments are not available for purchasefrom Douglas County Government andcan only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

Proposal responses will be received until4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 30, 2014by Douglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. The copies of your proposalresponse shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “Request forProposal (RFP) #006-14, Child WelfareLegal Services” and mailed or hand-car-ried to the address shown above prior tothe due date and time. Electronic/faxedproposals will not be accepted. Proposalswill not be considered which are receivedafter the time stated, and any proposalsso received will be returned unopened.

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 4 o [email protected], 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.

Legal Notice No.: 924693First publication: January 9, 2014Last publication: January 9, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Government Legals

The Department of Human Services ofDouglas County Government, hereinafterreferred to as the County, respectfullyrequests proposals from responsible andqualified attorneys or legal firms to providelegal services related to child welfarework that includes representation at court,administrative hearings, and possibly jurytrials. Individuals or firms may reply, andmust be prepared to begin working inFebruary or March 2014.

The initial agreement, issued as a result ofthis RFP, will be for calendar year 2014,beginning approximately February 24,2014, to and including December 31,2014. All proposed fees shall be firm andfixed for the initial contract period. TheCounty shall have an option to renew thisagreement for two (2) additional periods ofone (1) year each, with the same termsand conditions. The renewal option is tobe exercised no later than thirty (30) daysprior to November 1, 2014. This agree-ment and/or extension to the originalperiod of a subject agreement shall becontingent upon annual funding beingappropriated, budgeted and otherwisemade available for such purposes andsubject to the County’s unanimous satis-faction with the services received duringthe preceding agreement period.

The RFP documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Moun-tain E-Purchasing System website atwww.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFPdocuments are not available for purchasefrom Douglas County Government andcan only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

Proposal responses will be received until4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 30, 2014by Douglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. The copies of your proposalresponse shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “Request forProposal (RFP) #006-14, Child WelfareLegal Services” and mailed or hand-car-ried to the address shown above prior tothe due date and time. Electronic/faxedproposals will not be accepted. Proposalswill not be considered which are receivedafter the time stated, and any proposalsso received will be returned unopened.



Legal Notice No.: 924693First publication: January 9, 2014Last publication: January 9, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)NO. 003-14

BAYOU GULCH OPEN SPACEPEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT

The Division of Open Space and NaturalResources of Douglas County Govern-ment, hereinafter referred to as theCounty, respectfully requests bids from re-sponsible and qualified firms for the provi-sion of the installation of a bridge overCherry Creek for the Bayou Gulch trailconnector, as specified.

The IFB documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documentsare not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website. While the IFB documentsare available electronically, DouglasCounty cannot accept electronic bid re-sponses.

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014@ 1:30 PM THERE WILL BE A MAN-DATORY PRE-BID MEETING RELATEDTO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORYPRE-BID MEETING WILL ALLOW ALLINTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPOR-TUNITY TO VIEW THE JOB SITE ANDDISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS.THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETINGWILL BE HELD AT BAYOU GULCH RE-GIONAL PARK (PASSIVE AREA), 4728FOX SPARROW ROAD, PARKER, COL-ORADO 80134.

Three (3) copies of the bid response shallbe submitted in a sealed envelope plainlymarked “IFB No. 003-14, Bayou GulchOpen Space Pedestrian Bridge Project”and mailed or hand-carried to the addressshown above prior to the due date andtime. Electronic and/or faxed bid re-sponses will not be accepted. Bids will bereceived until 11:00 am, on Thursday,January 30, 2014 by the Douglas CountyFinance Department, 100 Third Street,Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.Bids will not be considered which are re-ceived after the time stated, and any bidsso received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all bids, to waiveformalities, informalities, or irregularitiescontained in a said bid and furthermore, toaward a contract for items herein, either inwhole or in part, if it is deemed to be in thebest interest of the County to do so. Addi-tionally, we reserve the right to negotiateoptional items/services with the success-ful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerningthis IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Su-p e r v i s o r , 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 4 ,[email protected], 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.


Government Legals

The Division of Open Space and NaturalResources of Douglas County Govern-ment, hereinafter referred to as theCounty, respectfully requests bids from re-sponsible and qualified firms for the provi-sion of the installation of a bridge overCherry Creek for the Bayou Gulch trailconnector, as specified.

The IFB documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documentsare not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website. While the IFB documentsare available electronically, DouglasCounty cannot accept electronic bid re-sponses.

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014@ 1:30 PM THERE WILL BE A MAN-DATORY PRE-BID MEETING RELATEDTO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORYPRE-BID MEETING WILL ALLOW ALLINTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPOR-TUNITY TO VIEW THE JOB SITE ANDDISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS.THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETINGWILL BE HELD AT BAYOU GULCH RE-GIONAL PARK (PASSIVE AREA), 4728FOX SPARROW ROAD, PARKER, COL-ORADO 80134.

Three (3) copies of the bid response shallbe submitted in a sealed envelope plainlymarked “IFB No. 003-14, Bayou GulchOpen Space Pedestrian Bridge Project”and mailed or hand-carried to the addressshown above prior to the due date andtime. Electronic and/or faxed bid re-sponses will not be accepted. Bids will bereceived until 11:00 am, on Thursday,January 30, 2014 by the Douglas CountyFinance Department, 100 Third Street,Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.Bids will not be considered which are re-ceived after the time stated, and any bidsso received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all bids, to waiveformalities, informalities, or irregularitiescontained in a said bid and furthermore, toaward a contract for items herein, either inwhole or in part, if it is deemed to be in thebest interest of the County to do so. Addi-tionally, we reserve the right to negotiateoptional items/services with the success-ful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerningthis IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Su-p e r v i s o r , 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 4 ,[email protected], 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.


Public Notice

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS(RFQ) NO. 002-14

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURALSERVICES

The Division of Parks, Trails, and BuildingGrounds of the Community DevelopmentDepartment of Douglas County Govern-ment, hereinafter referred to as theCounty, respectfully requests responsesfrom responsible and qualified individu-als/firms to assist the County, on anas-needed basis, for professional ser-vices related to landscape architectur-al services. Individual projects/serviceswill be discussed, negotiated, and issuedas required throughout the 2014 calendaryear.

The goal of the County, through this RFQ,is to assemble a list of several qualified in-dividuals/firms that can be utilized, asneeded. The agreement(s) with the indi-viduals/firms, as a result of this RFQ, shallbe considered Blanket Purchase Agree-ments. The Blanket Purchase Agreementauthorizes, but does not obligate, theCounty to utilize any minimum or maxim-um, dollar amount or quantity of servicesfrom any specific individual or firm.

The RFQ documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ docu-ments are not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website.

RFQ responses will be received until 4:00p.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. Three (3) copies of yourRFQ response shall be submitted in asealed envelope, plainly marked “RFQ No.002-14, Landscape Architectural Services”and mailed or hand-carried to the addressshown above prior to the due date andtime. Electronic/faxed responses will notbe accepted. RFQ responses will not beconsidered which are received after thetime stated, and any responses so re-ceived will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all responses, towaive formalities, informalities, or irregu-larities contained in a said response 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 RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, PurchasingS u p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 4 o [email protected], 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.


Government Legals

The Division of Parks, Trails, and BuildingGrounds of the Community DevelopmentDepartment of Douglas County Govern-ment, hereinafter referred to as theCounty, respectfully requests responsesfrom responsible and qualified individu-als/firms to assist the County, on anas-needed basis, for professional ser-vices related to landscape architectur-al services. Individual projects/serviceswill be discussed, negotiated, and issuedas required throughout the 2014 calendaryear.

The goal of the County, through this RFQ,is to assemble a list of several qualified in-dividuals/firms that can be utilized, asneeded. The agreement(s) with the indi-viduals/firms, as a result of this RFQ, shallbe considered Blanket Purchase Agree-ments. The Blanket Purchase Agreementauthorizes, but does not obligate, theCounty to utilize any minimum or maxim-um, dollar amount or quantity of servicesfrom any specific individual or firm.

The RFQ documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ docu-ments are not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website.

RFQ responses will be received until 4:00p.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2014 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. Three (3) copies of yourRFQ response shall be submitted in asealed envelope, plainly marked “RFQ No.002-14, Landscape Architectural Services”and mailed or hand-carried to the addressshown above prior to the due date andtime. Electronic/faxed responses will notbe accepted. RFQ responses will not beconsidered which are received after thetime stated, and any responses so re-ceived will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all responses, towaive formalities, informalities, or irregu-larities contained in a said response 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 RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, PurchasingS u p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 4 o [email protected], 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.


Public Notice


ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICESFOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FLEETSERVICES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

FACILITY PROJECT

The Department of Facilities, Fleet &Emergency Support Services of DouglasCounty Government, hereinafter referredto as the County, respectfully requestsproposals from responsible and quali-fied firms for the provision of Architec-tural Design Services related to theDouglas County Fleet Services VehicleMaintenance Facility project at 3030North Industrial Way, Castle Rock, Color-ado 80109.

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014 @10:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MAN-DATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THISPROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VIS-IT WILL ALLOW ALL POTENTIAL RE-SPONDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TOVIEW THE WORK SITE AND DISCUSSTHE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MAN-DATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN ATTHE DOUGLAS COUNTY FLEET SER-VICES BUILDING, 3030 NORTH INDUS-TRIAL WAY, CASTLE ROCK, COLOR-ADO 80109. PLEASE CALL 303-660-7445 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF NEEDED.ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE FIRMSTHAT ATTEND THE MANDATORY SITEVISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMITA N R F P R E S P O N S E O N T H I SP R O J E C T .

The RFP documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. RFP documentsare not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website.

Proposal responses will be received until4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29,2014 by Douglas County Government,Finance Department, Purchasing Division,100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock,Colorado 80104. The copies of your pro-posal response shall be submitted in asealed envelope, plainly marked “Re-quest for Proposal (RFP) #004-14, Archi-tectural Design Services, Fleet Services”and mailed or hand-carried to the addressshown above prior to the due date andtime. Electronic/faxed proposals will notbe accepted. Proposals will not be con-sidered which are received after the timestated, and any proposals so received willbe returned unopened.




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ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014 @10:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MAN-DATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THISPROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VIS-IT WILL ALLOW ALL POTENTIAL RE-SPONDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TOVIEW THE WORK SITE AND DISCUSSTHE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MAN-DATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN ATTHE DOUGLAS COUNTY FLEET SER-VICES BUILDING, 3030 NORTH INDUS-TRIAL WAY, CASTLE ROCK, COLOR-ADO 80109. PLEASE CALL 303-660-7445 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF NEEDED.ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE FIRMSTHAT ATTEND THE MANDATORY SITEVISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMITA N R F P R E S P O N S E O N T H I SP R O J E C T .

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Donated HRCA hunt a successDevin Reeder, 18, bags his first elkBy Chris [email protected]

It took a series of above-and-beyond actions for Devin Reeder to set his sights on a prize bull elk.

The recent high school gradu-ate from West Virginia even had to make the difficult switch to lefty before firing a .306 rifle at an elk during a guided hunt in High-lands Ranch’s Backcountry Wil-derness Area. Reeder, normally a right-handed shot, was working on doctors’ orders; hunting was listed as one of the activities to avoid after oncologists installed a port on his right side to inject chemotherapy drugs.

The 18-year-old was diag-nosed in March with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer that is known to affect teens. He woke up on New Year’s Eve 2012 with severe back pain and it took three months to determine the cause. Blood transfusions and chemotherapy and radiation treatments have taken a physi-cal toll, but they weren’t enough to keep Reeder away from Colo-rado. When asked which activity he’d most like to do, Reeder men-tioned an elk hunt out west.

In spite of their warning about hunting, it was the same doctors at the Morgantown, W.V. hospi-tal who connected Reeder with Hunt of a Lifetime, a national nonprofit that organizes expedi-tions for kids with life-threaten-ing illnesses.

It was a chance meeting be-tween Mark Giebel, the High-lands Ranch Community Asso-ciation’s Backcountry Wilderness Area supervisor, and Mike Yeary — a longtime volunteer with Hunt of a Lifetime — that helped make it happen. During a sports-man’s expo last year, Giebel of-fered the possibility of hosting a hunt in the backcountry. Reeder’s name soon came up and a hunt was scheduled to occur just be-fore his final chemo treatment in December.

Reeder’s first trip to Colorado with his dad, Jon, and 17-year-old brother, Chad, didn’t disap-point, although the trio, along with Giebel, had to brave sub-zero temperatures when they set out in the morning. Reeder says it was around noon when they first caught a glimpse of two elk bedded down in the brush. His adrenaline skyrocketed, he said.

“I wasn’t shaking too bad, then it started when Mark gave the go-ahead,” Reeder said.

When he fired from 150 yards out, with his left eye to the scope, another dozen elk that were hid-den by the foliage darted in ev-ery direction. Initially unsure of which one was hit, they tracked the wounded animal for three hours Dec. 9 before ending the hunt. He’d bagged a bull with five points on each antler.

“He was very excited and hap-py,” Jon Reeder said. “We all were. It’s something you never forget.”

Giebel said it was an emotion-al week, but “extremely fulfilling” for everyone involved, and he’s glad that the HRCA could con-tribute in some way, even if it was simply donating staff time and

the hunting grounds.“They have been through so

much over the past year, I was happy to be able to provide a few days of happiness and smiles for Devin and his family,” Giebel said.

The Highlands Ranch Law En-forcement Foundation found out about Reeder’s hunt and made

sure he got in some shooting les-sons beforehand at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s training facility off Santa Fe Drive. It’s a good thing, as he was still new to shooting left-handed.

Hunt of a Lifetime, a Penn-sylvania-based group, paid for airfare, lodging, transportation and even provided the rifle. The

first hunt in partnership with the HRCA went “absolutely fantas-tic,” Yeary said, and Giebel de-serves a large amount of credit for its success.

“It worked out great,” Yeary said. “We’ve already had a discus-sion about more in the future.”

The elk meat was scheduled to arrive at the Reeder’s home Jan. 2.

HRCA Backcountry Wilderness Area Supervisor Mark Giebel and Devin Reeder, 18, pose with the elk that Devin shot in the Backcountry Wilderness Area in early December. Courtesy photo


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Drywall

PAUL TIMMConstruction/Repair

DrywallServing Your Area

Since 1974303-841-3087 303-898-9868

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We AcceptAll Major

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Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence& gate company installing fences in

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DeSpain’s Home SolutionS

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Eric DeSpain 303-840-1874


303-791-4000

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Hardwood Floors

independentHardwood Floor Co, LLC

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• Hardwood Installationinsured/FRee estimates

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Hauling Service

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• Honest pricing •• Free estimates •

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University of Colorado Hospital is excited to bring you a helpful and informative seminar series at the Lone Tree Health Center. Get your questions answered and learn more about your health from the University of Colorado School of Medicine physicians, right here in your neighborhood.

KNOWLEDGE IS THE ULTIMATE PREVENTATIVE

UPCOMING SEMINARS INCLUDE:

WHY ARE MY HANDS NUMB? A discussion on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Presented by: John Froelich, MD Assistant Professor, Orthopedics University of Colorado School of Medicine

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:00 – 7:00pm

Why do I drop things and my hands go numb? Learn the answers to these and many other questions related to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Cost: Free

LOL WITH CONFIDENCE: Learn what’s available for Female Bladder control

Presented by: Kathleen Connell, MD and Tyler Muffly, MD Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, Women’s Pelvic Health and Surgery University of Colorado School of Medicine

Tuesday, January 21, 20146:00 – 7:30pm

Learn why it’s NEVER normal to have bladder control issues. Find out what options are available if more advanced treatment is needed.

Cost: Free

MEDICINE.

CLASSES OFFERED AT:Lone Tree Health Center 9548 Park Meadows Drive Lone Tree, CO 80124

TO REGISTER GO TO: WWW.UCH.EDU/LONETREE Or call Amy Hurley at 720-553-1127 or 720-848-2200

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