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Demolition days at high school Walls are coming down on main building By Tom Munds [email protected]

The powerful engine roared to life Dec. 23 as the excavator began knocking down the walls of the Englewood High School building at 3800 S. Logan St.

Crashing walls and roof areas an-nounced the visible start of phase 2 of creation of a seventh- through 12th-grade campus on the Englewood High School campus.

Crews took out the main school offi ce as they began the demolition. The walls and roof are gone plus the crew removed the door off the school safe to be recycled.

The excavator ripped down walls, scooped up massive amounts of debris but also could delicately pull a single length of wire out of the rubble.

“That operator is pretty amazing,” Brian

Ewert, school superintendent, said as he watched the operation. “They let me run the excavator to start the demolition. I did two pretty simple operations but I quickly told them it was too complicated and to get me out of there.”

Hector Torres, who operates the exca-vator, said he has been at the controls of the 100,000-pound machine for about fi ve years.

“Operating the machine properly, whether it is knocking down a wall or sep-arating pipes from the debris, is hard to learn and takes practice,” he said. “When I started, running the machine was fun but while I still I like the work, each job is pretty much the same.”

Ewert said offi cials at Engineered De-molition, which is doing the work, esti-mates it will take four to fi ve weeks to clear the site. When the demolition is complet-ed, the only structures remaining from the original high school building will be the au-ditorium and the fi eld house.

Demolition of the main building attracted The excavator operator pulls to remove one of the steel support beams as demolition begins Dec. 23 on the main Englewood HIgh School buildings. Demolition will take four to � ve weeks and, once the area is cleared, work will begin on Phase Two construction of a seventh- through-12th-grade campus on the site. Photo by Tom Munds

Fitness challenge greets ‘14 By Tom Munds [email protected]

According to the fi gures posted on statisticbrain.com, 45 percent of Ameri-cans make New Year’s resolutions, and the top 10 resolutions on the list include getting fi t, losing weight or both.

For the second year, Englewood Parks and Recreation Department has a pro-gram designed to help those who resolve to get fi t and drop a few pounds called the Biggest Winner Challenge.

Last year’s program was successful for Richard Weekly, who won the Big-gest Winner contest as he dropped 45 pounds participating in the challenge.

The 2014 kickoff party will be held from 8:30 to noon Jan. 11 at the Engle-wood Recreation Center, 1155 S. Oxford Ave.

The party includes health screenings and free fi tness classes plus there will be displays by vendors.

“The Biggest Winner Challenge is a fi ve-month program designed to give individuals the motivation and the tools to make lifestyle changes needed to shed pounds and get fi t,” said Gina Fontaine, fi tness and wellness program adminis-trator.

There are three age categories, 13 to 17, 18 to 54, and 55 and older. The fee to register before Jan. 6 is $32 for teens and $42 for adults and seniors. After Jan. 6, the fee goes up to $40 for teens and $50 for adults and seniors.

Those who take part in the program are eligible to receive rewards of a $100 Visa gift card and one-year passes by being the individuals who achieve the greatest percentage of weight loss in their age categories.

Individuals can register for the pro-gram at the Englewood Recreation Cen-ter. Those who register before Jan. 6 are eligible for a registration-fee discount. The deadline for registration is Jan. 13.

For information, e-mail Fontaine at [email protected].

Culinary arts classes set to begin Two programs attract more than 100 Englewood High School students By Tom Munds [email protected]

Sarah Davis keeps busy receiving and inventorying supplies and equipment as she prepares to teach the new culinary

arts classes that begin later this month at Englewood High School.

“This is a partial rollout of our pro-gram,” Davis said. “We’ll offer a total of fi ve classes in two different areas, catering and culinary nutrition. We’ll have 20 to 25 stu-dents in each of the fi ve classes so there are very few vacancies in the program.”

The culinary arts classes that begin Jan. 30 and the cosmetology classes that begin in February at Englewood Middle School are being added to the curriculum to meet the need for a trained workforce.

Diana Zakhem, district director of stu-dent courses, explained in a report that education reforms have brought changes in high school career and technical educa-tion. The changes have shifted the focus from the traditional college preparatory curriculum to an educational pathway for all students that can connect high schools with the workforce as well as with colleges.

The district document on the new ca-reer and technical education program states that experts cited in published re-ports predict there will 47 million job open-ings by 2018. The predictions state about a third of those jobs requiring an associate’s degree or certifi cate, plus just about all job openings will require real-world skills that can be mastered in high school career and technical education programs.

Davis said in the fall, the January class subjects will become part of the two-year culinary arts program offered at EHS.

“Starting when school resumed after

Sarah Davis checks in and inventories equipment she will be using when the new culinary arts program classes begin in late January. The partial roll-out of the program will o� er a total of � ve classes in two di� erent subjects. Photo by Tom Munds

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Bikers rally in memory of Claire DavisEffort nets about $5,000 for fund set up in her honorBy Jennifer [email protected]

Had she survived her wounds, Claire Davis would have been getting ready last weekend to ride her horse in the upcoming National Western Stock Show. Instead, about 250 iron horses rode in her honor.

Bikers from throughout the state rallied Dec. 28 in memory of Davis, the Arapahoe High School senior who died Dec. 21 after be-ing shot in the head by a classmate in a school hallway on Dec. 13.

“My whole family attended Arapahoe,” said Bill Buckwalter, AHS Class of 1980. “I just made a last-minute decision, and I felt I had to do this ride.”

The ride was organized by BikerDown.org, a nonprofit established three years ago by Laurie Easton-Montoya to support bikers in need.

“Dogs and cats get lots of help,” said “Chomper” Montoya, Laurie’s husband. “Nothing against them, but there was nobody out there to help bikers. … My wife is a very intelligent woman, and she doesn’t take no for an answer.”

He said they usually take time off during the holidays, after the Toy Run to Children’s Hospital, but they felt compelled to honor the life of the young girl, taken too soon.

“We’ve got to do something as a commu-nity to protect these kids and these schools,” said Easton-Montoya. “Because these kids are being abused, and we don’t let kids be abused. Not on our watch.”

She created a Facebook event, “Claire Da-vis Memorial Ride,” and it spread like wildfire. Several motorcycle clubs were represented — worn proudly on black leather were badges identifying Valiants, USMC MC, Hookers, Ex-pendables, Rocky Mountain Harley Owners Group and more.

The riders created a thundering and col-orful wave that rolled from Red & Jerry’s on Santa Fe Drive in Sheridan, then down Min-eral Avenue in Littleton to Arapahoe High in Centennial.

There they gathered to hear words of com-fort and inspiration from “biker preacher” Tim Wooley. He said there’s no simple so-lution to curbing teen violence, but bikers should come together to keep pressure on lawmakers to seek one.

“You guys are supposed to be the bad guys,” he said. “Look at all this black leather, and you all need a haircut. But you’re the good guys. Keep setting that good example, and maybe you’ll reach the life of some kid who might be ready to go off.”

The commotion drew neighbors out of their homes to take in the scene, not a com-mon one in the Arapahoe community.

“It’s awesome, said Chelsea Cassinis, who lives just across Franklin Street. “I think it’s appropriate and a sign of respect. I think it’s great. There have been other observances held at the school, but this is the most dra-matic gathering I’ve seen. It’s pretty incred-ible.”

Easton-Montoya hopes to turn the rally into an annual event, and wants to keep working for positive change. One thought she’s had is organizing bikers to volunteer to stand guard at school entrances.

“It would sure make people think twice,” she said.

Easton-Montoya urged everyone to head to Old Chicago in Littleton after the event, as it was donating part of its profits for the day. Between that and money pitched in by the riders, the group raised nearly $5,000 for the Arapahoe High School Community Fund honoring Claire Davis.

The charitable fund will “support Arapa-hoe High School and the surrounding com-munity by providing assistance for mental health care, anti-bullying programs and other community needs,” according to a statement by the City of Centennial.

Hundreds of bikers release black and gold balloons, the colors of Arapahoe High School, to soar with the spirit of Claire Davis. Photos by Jennifer Smith

A sea of motorcycles flooded the Red & Jerry’s parking lot before rolling down Santa Fe Drive on its way to Arapahoe High School.

news in a hurrySakdol to head CAA

Arapahoe County Assessor Corbin Sakdol has been elected president of the Colorado Assessors’ Associa-tion, becoming the second Arapahoe County Assessor to lead the organiza-tion since 1976. He previously served as treasurer and most recently as second vice president of the orga-nization, and was named its 2012 Assessor of the Year. Sakdol is serving his second term, and has worked for the Arapahoe County Assessor’s Of-fice since 1990.

ACC announces faculty member of yearNia Bauer, now in her sixth year

as a biology professor at Arapahoe Community College, is the 2013-14 Faculty Member of the Year. Bauer is the founding adviser of the Sus-tainability Club and serves as the principal investigator for the college’s national science grant. She is also the STEM Coach for Englewood High School.

Bauer has been teaching for 15

years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of San Diego before going on to complete her doctorate at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

She resides in Broomfield with her husband, Brent, and two daughters.

County approves budgetThe Arapahoe County Board of

County Commissioners recently adopted a $338 million, balanced budget for 2014, achieved through voluntary reductions to elected of-fices and departments and contin-ued implementation of efficiency measures throughout the county.

The budget meets the tenets of Align Arapahoe, the county’s per-formance framework, implemented in 2009. It includes $10.6 million for capital projects, of which $3.1 million is set aside for new roadway and in-frastructure projects; $1.3 million for renovations to Altura Plaza; $2.3 mil-lion for improvements to the county’s

Lima Plaza to accommodate a relocation of probation; and $890,000 for an additional courtroom at the Arapahoe County Justice Center.

VOA needs Snow BuddiesVolunteers of America’s Snow

Buddy Program, sponsored by the Safety of Seniors Handyman Pro-gram, needs volunteers to help serve limited-income seniors 60 and older. Volunteers shovel sidewalks and walkways for seniors who are unable to do so, helping keep them safe and avoid being fined for not shoveling. Volunteers also visit with the seniors to make sure they are doing well, and report any concerns to back to Volunteers of America.

In addition to Snow Buddy Program and the Safety of Seniors Handyman Program, VOA also offers Meals on Wheels. For more infor-mation, contact 720-264-3379 or [email protected], or visit www.voacolorado.org.

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City recycling Christmas treesResidents asked to remove all decorations before dropping off treesBy Tom [email protected]

Now that Santa has returned to the North Pole for another year, residents will begin removing the decorations and tak-ing down the tree, Englewood has set up the drop-off points so residents can recycle live Christmas trees free of charge.

Throughout the month of January, the city’s parks division will grind the trees into mulch and the mulch will be trucked and stored at the Englewood ServiCenter, 2800 S. Platte River Drive, so it can be used as needed in Englewood’s parks and green

belt areas.Residents can take the trees to one of

the four drop-off points around the city. Residents are asked to make sure all orna-ments, tinsel, nails and stands are removed and to place the trees on the pile at the site.

City crews will check the locations and, when enough trees are piled up, they fire up the grinder and turn the trees into mulch.

The drop-off locations are:• The northwest corner of the south

parking lot at Belleview Park, 5001 S. Inca Drive.

• Along the ball field fence adjacent to the Miller Field parking lot at 3601 S. Elati St.

• The south parking lot at Centennial Park, 4630 S. Decatur St.

• The south parking lot at Bates/Logan Park, 2938 S. Logan St.

A city employee feeds a Christmas tree into the machine last year as Englewood offered the opportunity to turn trees into mulch instead of putting them in the trash. The program will be conducted again this year during the month of January. File photo

Library renovation ready to commence Makeover in children’s area scheduled to be done firstBy Tom [email protected]

Plans call for the new year to bring a facelift for the Englewood Public Library’s children’s area, including installation of new carpeting and furniture.

“The work is scheduled to begin in mid- to late January and is made pos-sible by money that is part of the bequest from the Dwyer family,” said Dorothy Hargrove, library director. “The work in-cludes installing new seating and inter-active play areas. The idea is to make the children’s area a place where the family can enjoy spending time.”

The library was opened on the first floor of the Englewood Civic Center in 2001. Some minor repairs and improve-ments have been made since the library opened, but the basic library layout is unchanged.

The $30,000 for work in the children’s area leaves a balance in the bequest and Hargrove said plans are to use the remaining $70,000 on several projects, including installing a self-checkout ma-chine in the circulation area, updating the computer lab in the career help area and creating an area for customers who bring in laptops or tablets to use the wire-

less connection to the Internet.The director said the services Engle-

wood provides, like libraries around the world, has been steadily changing.

“Today, about 10 percent of our cir-culation is for electronic or digital mag-azines, audio recordings or ebooks,” Hargrove said. “We have also seen a big increase in the number of people coming to the library to use computers.”

There are 24 computer stations in the Englewood library.

To make the computers available to more customers, a user is limited to a 45-minute session.

But, if there is no one waiting for a va-cancy, the user is allowed to continue to use the computer.

“All 24 computer positions are full most of the time,” Hargrove said. “Of-ten, we have that many names on the list waiting to use a computer.”

The Englewood Public Library is locat-ed on the ground floor of the Englewood Civic Center at 1000 Englewood Park-way. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. until 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

For information about the library and its services call 303-762-2550 or visit the library home page by going to the city website at www.englewoodgov.com, clicking on the department pull-down menu and clicking on the library tab.

HAVE A STORY IDEA?Email Englewood Community Editor Tom Munds at

[email protected] or call 303-566-4108.

a number of spectators, including Joyce Crispin, who said she was sad to see the school she attended being torn down.

“I went here for a couple years in the ‘60s and I have some great memories of Englewood High School,” she said. “But time marches on. I looked online at what they have planned and it will be wonder-ful for the kids. I now live in Alabama, I am visiting friends for Christmas and I just had to come down and see the school before it is no more.”

The school district’s campus construc-tion project became a reality when resi-dents approved a $40 million bond issue in 2012. The district also received an $8 mil-lion state grant for the ambitious project.

Phase one involved demolition of the

north portion of the school, including the auto shop, wood shop and swimming pool. When the demolition was completed, crews constructed the new gymnasium and wing that will eventually be home to the middle school, plus the cafeteria as well as the student commons areas.

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, high school and Englewood Leadership Acad-emy classrooms and equipment were moved to the new wing so the remainder of the high school building could be demol-ished.

When the project is completed in De-cember 2014, Englewood High School, Englewood Middle School and Englewood Leadership Academy will be located on the new campus.

During creation of the new campus, En-glewood Middle School has been renovat-ed and, when the middle school students move to the new campus, Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School will move to the building at 300 W. Chenango St.

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THE TOP 13 STORIES OF 2013A look back at the biggest news in the south metro areaStaff report

The south metro Denver area saw no shortage of news — or controversy — in 2013, making it a tough task to narrow down the contenders for our stories-of-the-year package.

The newsroom staff of Colorado Com-munity Media has whittled the list down to 13 for 2013. They are listed in no particu-lar order, aside from the story of the year, the Arapahoe High School shooting, which horrified us all.

You can decide how the other 12 should be ranked.

School shooting at Arapahoe HighAn 18-year-old student entered Arapa-

hoe High School, home of the Warriors, on Dec. 13, shot a fellow student in the head, then killed himself. Authorities believe the gunman, an Arapahoe High senior, was targeting a faculty member, but was pre-pared to cause mass casualties at the Cen-tennial school.

Claire Davis, a 17-year-old senior at the school, spent more than a week in critical condition at Littleton Adventist Hospital. She died Dec. 21.

In the days following the shooting, community support poured in for Davis in the form of prayers, vigils and a tribute outside a fence at the school that included gifts, flowers and cards from people from around the area. “Warrior strong” and “Warriors always take care of one another” could be seen on signs across the area.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Rob-inson praised the quick response of the school resource officer after Karl Pierson began shooting at around 12:30 p.m. Dec. 13. With the resource officer fast approach-ing, Pierson took his own life about 80 sec-onds after firing his first shot.

Since the shooting, classes have been canceled at Arapahoe High School. They are scheduled to resume next week.

— Chris Rotar

C-470 project around the bendFollowing two years of outreach and re-

search, this February, the C-470 Corridor Coalition Steering Committee — made up of representatives from Douglas, Arapa-hoe and Jefferson counties, the Highlands Ranch Metro District and cities of Littleton, Lone Tree and Centennial — unanimously approved funding a $230 million widening

project of C-470 through the construction of 13.1 miles worth of managed toll lanes in both directions between Kipling and I-25.

While construction on the C-470 proj-ect — which was awarded $100 million in RAMP funding on behalf of the Colorado Department of Transportation this fall — won’t get underway until 2015, road work dotted the south metro landscape in 2013.

Two major projects wound to a close in the latter months of the year, includ-ing the widening of US 85 between High-lands Ranch and Louviers, as well as the Broadway/C-470 intersection project, which took over a year to complete.

Douglas County spent almost as much money on road maintenance in Highlands Ranch in 2013, $18.3 million, as it did in the previous seven years combined, $21.6 million. A similar amount of work, mostly concrete maintenance, is slated for 2014.

The C-470 widening project is expected to be 100 percent complete by January 2018.

— Ryan Boldrey

The first civil unionsIn a year that saw the Defense of Mar-

riage Act deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court, Colorado became the sixth state in the union to approve civil unions for same-sex couples this March, joining 10 other states where gay marriage is legal.

Receiving unanimous support from Senate and House Democrats, SB-11 also picked up three Republican votes along the way, including one from Carole Mur-ray (HD-45) of Castle Rock. Murray said it is not for her to judge others; that should be left to God.

Neither Douglas nor Arapahoe County celebrated with midnight unions May 1, the first day couples were allowed to form a legal union, but there were couples in line when both county buildings opened for business that morning.

—Ryan Boldrey

Elbert County’s ‘dysfunction’Teetering on the brink of financial insol-

vency, Elbert County jolted from crisis to crisis during 2013.

Governed by a controversial Board of County Commissioners that included two self-proclaimed Tea Party loyalists — Rob-

ert Rowland and Kurt Schlegel — during the course of the year, the county struggled to adopt new regulations for oil and gas explo-ration in the county.

A tug-of-war between the conservative BOCC and liberal planning commission re-sulted in the resignation of planning com-mission chair Grant Thayer in July and the firing of his successor, Paul Crisan, by the BOCC in November.

Meanwhile, former finance director Stan Wilmer was also fired in November when the county missed a set of deadlines to submit a final 2012 budget audit, a circum-stance that prompted the state to freeze disbursement of property tax revenues. As 2013 came to a close, the audit had still not been submitted to the state.

And to add insult to injury, a scathing postelection report by a local consultant blamed the BOCC for the defeat of several key bond measures proposed to shore up the county’s ailing finances. The report also blasted the BOCC for “infighting” and esca-lating “dysfunction” in the county’s leader-ship.

— George Lurie

Arapahoe High School was the scene of a shooting Dec. 13 in which one student was shot in the head and the gunman killed himself. File photo

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Englewood’s Depot dilemmaThe future of the Englewood Depot was in the news

a lot in 2013, particularly the objections raised over the city’s decision to sell the building to a Denver couple in-stead of keeping it in local hands.

Railroad officials closed the depot in the 1950s and it sat empty until the 1990s when Englewood residents ral-lied to save it from demolition, resulting in the building’s move to its current location at Galapago Street and Dart-mouth Avenue.

The initial plans were to restore it and make it into a museum. While some restoration work was done, the museum idea never got off the ground. The city eventu-ally took possession of the building and, earlier this year, sought a buyer.

There were two proposals, one from the Englewood Historical Preservation Society and one from letterpress printers Tom and Patti Parsons. A selection committee unanimously supported Parson’s proposal and council approved the sale for $30,000 despite numerous objec-tions from residents and the historical preservation so-ciety.

Since the sale went final in October, Tom Parsons said he has been working on clearing a number of hurdles to move forward with letterpress museum plans.

— Tom Munds

Apartments on rise in LittletonAfter a long dry spell, developers went wild in Little-

ton, and city council approved four multifamily projects that will add about 1,200 units to the city.

All the activity stirred up a hornet’s nest. Consequenc-es included one failed bid for council, one eight-hour public hearing, one grassroots campaign, two successful citizens’ initiatives and some name-calling.

But city officials are thrilled, even changing the city’s motto to “Littleton: Anything but Little.” After City Man-ager Michael Penny took over in 2011, he went to work changing processes and regulations.

About 39 percent of Littleton’s housing is multifamily, compared to 16 percent in Douglas County and 32 per-cent in Denver.

Council did reject a controversial proposal to build 225 units east of Littleton Courthouse and has yet to review a plan for 250 more on the southwest corner of Belleview and Federal. There are 774 more units planned for as part of a mixed-use development at Santa Fe and Mineral that council approved in the 1980s, but has never been developed.

— Jennifer Smith

Statue out, God inSome may argue that God has always been there, and

always will be — but this summer, unlike ever before, the Higher Power became visibly higher in the form of newly affixed in words on an overhang in the Castle Rock Town Council’s Chambers.

And while the words “In God We Trust,” are now an in-delible part of the town hall’s ambience, a bronze sculp-ture affixed to a town hall stairway, was determined to be welcome no more and removed.

After Castle Rock Mayor Paul Donahue brought up his thoughts about wanting “In God We Trust” installed in council chambers, he said he also wanted removal of a sculpture — an about 8-inch-high piece that looks like a melting earth, accompanied by a plaque with the words “Global Warming.” It was one of several small bronze pieces the town’s public arts commission had bought and placed around town.

Donahue thought it could be politically contentious. After a council consensus, the sculpture left, but didn’t leave town. The sculpture was donated to a nonprofit that funds school art programs and auctioned off.

The new owner: Former Castle Rock Mayor Randy Reed.

— Virginia Grantier

Area is open for businessSeveral big-name businesses either opened in the area

or announced plans to do so in 2013.Perhaps the most notable addition was Cabela’s, a

specialty retailer of outdoor recreation merchandise that hired close to 200 employees when it opened in August to much fanfare. Hundreds of die-hard supporters camped out ahead of the grand opening, demonstrating the level of anticipation for the store’s arrival.

It not only filled a niche and created jobs, but was ex-pected to generate significant sales tax revenue and sec-ondary economic benefits. Douglas County even funded a study that showed the store’s impact to the local econo-my will be around $24 million a year.

Cabela’s wasn’t the only arrival. Charles Schwab’s 1,800 Denver-area employees will soon move into three build-ings in Lone Tree. The $230 million project is still taking shape on a 57-acre lot near Sky Ridge Medical Center. The Schwab buildings were designed, in part, to attract future employees.

— Chris Michlewicz

Pot plans up in smokeSouth-metro smokers will have to commute to buy

legal marijuana when sales start on Jan. 1, as every com-munity south of Denver to Colorado Springs has either banned retail pot stores or put off a decision until the big-city experiment has a chance to play out.

Not all of those governmental decisions were unani-mous. Several representatives believed allowing them would more accurately represent what the voters wanted and expected, and some felt like turning away a potential source of sales-tax revenue would be foolhardy.

“I believe the voters expect us to approve retail sales of marijuana in the city,” said former Littleton City Coun-cilmember Jim Taylor before that council extended its moratorium until October 2014. “Littleton has a chance to be a leader.”

But many worried about things like crime, access by kids and their community’s image.

“You never want to bring in revenue that’s going to negatively impact your community,” said Castle Pines Mayor Mark Towne before his council voted to ban sales.

— Jennifer Smith

Parker’s prairie dog mysteryQuestions swirled after a prairie dog colony on the

northeast corner of Mainstreet and Twenty Mile Road in Parker was wiped out in mid-September, upsetting residents who drive and walk by the site every day. Tiny white crosses, with messages saying “RIP Prairie Dogs,” appeared on the empty burrows about a week later, with no one claiming responsibility.

A spokeswoman for the Town of Parker said the com-munity development department does not regulate the elimination of prairie dogs on private property, and that no violations were committed because the species is not protected.

One of the many property owners on the corner con-firmed that there were no pending development appli-cations, leading residents to question the need for such action. The property owner said he did not know who or-dered the extermination of the colony. Several witnesses claimed they had either seen or talked to the men who were spraying a chemical gas into the burrows. Weeks lat-er, employees of businesses adjacent to the barren colony became attached to a lone survivor.

— Chris Michlewicz

School issues divide DouglasThe Douglas County School Board elections divided

the county for months leading up to the Nov. 5 decision.Four candidates endorsed by the Douglas County Re-

publicans and supportive of the district’s controversial education reforms — two of them incumbents — ulti-mately won the contentious race. They defeated four challengers seeking to change the way the district is be-ing run.

Parents and teachers campaigned by painting car win-dows with the names of their preferred candidates and waving signs at busy intersections throughout the county. Supporters on both sides ran advertisements, hired can-vassers and distributed a variety of campaign material.

As the year closes, school board members attempt to move forward and resolve to increase community input, even as some express continued discontent with recently enacted policy changes.

— Jane Reuter

Tackling a mountainLabeling it a “top priority” for 2013, South Metro Den-

ver Chamber President John Brackney led the charge lo-cally to promote the “Fix the Debt” campaign — a nation-al, bipartisan, grassroots effort to resolve “the nation’s ongoing debt crisis.”

Brackney spent a great deal of time speaking about the issue and visiting communities across the state to lobby commissioners, mayors and other local leaders to get be-hind the movement.

“Decisions in Washington affect businesses outside the beltway,” Brackney said. “Congress and the president must act now … to create greater market certainty” and “put our country back on a track of fiscal sanity.”

Across the state, backing for the campaign grew dur-ing the year, bolstered by support from Congressmen Mike Coffman and Ed Pearlmutter and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett as well as former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm.

“I believe this is the most important issue facing the United States right now,” said Rick Whipple, a Littleton CPA and chairman of the South Metro chamber, who along with Brackney and other business leaders, made multiple trips to Washington during 2013 to urge law-makers to come together to achieve a major debt-reform plan.

— George Lurie

Sterling Ranch approved, againFor the second time in three years, the Sterling Ranch

planned development in northwest Douglas County was unanimously approved by the Douglas County commis-sioners.

The project — which calls for a 12,050-home commu-nity located on 3,400 acres northeast of Roxborough State Park — was approved July 10 and hopes to break ground in the next couple of months.

After successfully halting the Sterling Ranch devel-opment once already over issues of sufficient water, the neighbors to the north, the Chatfield Community Asso-ciation, filed another legal challenge this August against the development, asking the 18th Judicial District court to once again review the commissioners’ decision to ap-prove.

While early in 2013 Sterling Ranch reached contrac-tual agreements to obtain the necessary water through its provider, Dominion Water and Sanitation District, and signed on to the WISE (Water Infrastructure and Supply Efficiency) Partnership agreement to obtain renewable water from Aurora and Denver, opponents state that the commissioners demonstrated an “abuse of discretion” and “acted outside their jurisdiction and authority” by approving the development a second time.

Despite the pending legal tie-up, Sterling Ranch man-aging director Harold Smethills said they are ready to finally move forward and build homes. The developers selected Richmond American Homes of Colorado as their primary builder in August.

— Ryan Boldrey


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This August the Englewood City Council approved a contract to sell the Englewood Depot to a Denver couple who will restore the outside of the structure and convert the inside of the depot and the basement into a letterpress museum. File photo


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opinions / yours and ours

Flattery will get you everywhereOK, so maybe it’s not flattery that will get

you everywhere but rather kindness or, at a minimum, kind words.

Now don’t get me wrong, flattery when sincerely given is not a bad place to start either. The problem comes when we use flattery as a weapon or manipulative tactic instead of having it come from the truth of the heart.

There are few things I enjoy more than hearing people speaking lovingly and kindly to one another. And I can assure you that as I have an opportunity to witness such sweet acts and hear such warm words, even though I am not a direct part of the conver-sation, it warms my heart and I find it to be just so wonderful. It inspires me to seek out opportunities to do the very same thing. And do it as quickly as possible.

You know the old saying, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” I often wonder why more people don’t subscribe to the philosophy or actually put it into practice on a more regu-lar basis, doing it so often that it becomes a good habit and all that emerges from their lips are words of love, hope and encourage-

ment.Love, hope, and encouragement are the

essence of what kindness is really all about.I bet you can think of a time or conversa-

tion that you had where you wish the words would have been sweeter, and the outcome much better.

Now, I know some families seem to believe that speaking harshly or even causti-cally to one another is their `norm’ and just couldn’t even imagine trying to speak words that build each other up instead of tearing each other down.

Unfortunately there are other old sayings and philosophical beliefs that are so heavily

engrained in the hearts and minds of people that prohibit them from seeing the many benefits of speaking kindly and lovingly toward one another. Sayings like, “familiar-ity breeds contempt,” or “sometimes it just seems easier to say harsh things or hurt those closest to us.”

Maybe it’s time to break that cycle!Maybe our resolution for 2014 could

be to speak words of optimism, love, hope and encouragement to one another. What would that sound like in your house, in your family, with your friends, and even with your co-workers? Maybe it will feel a little uncomfortable and even unnatural at first. But here’s the deal, the more that we do it and do it consistently, the more the people around us will seem to change as well.

I would say that the majority of us long for words of hope and encouragement, and more importantly we respond favorably to such nurturing talk.

I am not sure about you, but when I feel like the flattery is sincere or that someone is building me up through the use of kind and loving words, I feel better and everything in my life feels and seems better. My relation-

ships are stronger, work is a better place to be, and my family seems to thrive whenever we really focus on our word choices and sincerity and intent of what we say.

“I am so proud of you.” “Nice job today.” “You look beautiful.” “I am so glad you are in my life.” “Thanks for all you do for me or for us.” These are just examples, but I can promise you that when we take the focus off of the bad and we make a genuine effort to look for the good and verbalize those good feelings to everyone we encounter, it will make an enormous and positive difference in every one of our relationships.

Are you speaking words of love, hope and encouragement? Are you operating first and foremost from a position of kindness? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and when we all start prac-ticing this habit even just a little bit more in 2014, each week really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former President of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/Founder of www.candogo.com.

Nocturnal sales pitches and worthless coins

I was warned. When I mentioned to a friend several years ago that I was planning to move my television to the master bed-room, my friend said, “You might regret it.”

I think she was right. I now watch about 10 times as much programming as I did when the set was in the living room. The programming isn’t any better than it used to be — in fact, it’s worse.

Add to that some horrific visions in my room of rest, like the one I had recently when I couldn’t sleep, and simply wanted something or someone to comfort me back into the arms of Morpheus.

I turned on the television at about 3 a.m., and a man who looked exactly like entertainer Jack Cassidy — just a little too good looking — started yelling at me about quarters. He was standing right next to hundreds of shiny, uncirculated quarters, row after row of them.

For a limited time only I could own all of them, and ones that were yet to be minted — for two easy payments.

He had his pitch down perfectly, never stumbled over his words, or let on that he was a shill — which he was.

He was exceedingly annoying, but I couldn’t stop watching, or wondering how many others were watching too and reach-ing for their credit cards.

Here’s a flashback for you.For the final eight years of a dear

friend’s life, I fixed her Sunday breakfast. I always brought her flowers. I checked in on her during the week. A couple of times I changed her bedding because of blood, provided updates to her relatives in North Carolina, and expected nothing in return — but I was receiving many, many things in return.

She was an artist. I am an artist. She was my final mentor, and I was able to see what it might be like to have dedicated yourself to a lifetime of art, but now it was no lon-ger possible to make art, not for her.

Her husband, a brilliant poet, died long before she did. They lived in a small house on Kearney Street off of Colfax, where Ruth and Littleton made their art and poetry.

They created during the day, and en-joyed cocktails in the evening. I never met her husband, but I sensed that he loved Ruth profoundly, and wanted to ensure that she would be taken care of in her last

years alone.She told me that he began to invest in

coins that were advertised in magazines, that would appreciate unimaginably, and provide financial security beyond belief for anyone who possessed them.

My constant readers know that I am a skeptic. I sometimes have doubts that Thursdays will follow Wednesdays.

When Ruth died, I was informed that I was to inherit her oil painting supplies. They hadn’t been touched in years, and were worthless to me. Imagine strangled toothpaste tubes.

I also was awarded a houseplant. It was monstrous, and I always said so, but I think she thought I meant that it was monstrous-ly beautiful.

Finally, I was given all of Littleton’s coins, bags and bags of them, in neat little packets. I took the bags of coins to a coin shop on Broadway in Denver, and an em-ployee asked me where I had gotten them.

He interrupted my story and said, “May I finish for you?”

He wanted to know if I had received them from someone whose spouse had died, but beforehand made a substantial investment in coins that would appreci-ate unimaginably, and provide financial security beyond belief for anyone who possessed them.

“Uh, exactly.”He smiled and said, “I’ll give you $170.”I didn’t heed my friend’s warning about

a bedroom television — but I’d like to warn you about nocturnal sales pitches for the shiny quarters of your dreams. Or night-mares.

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

letter to the editorHealthcare a fundamental human right

Re: U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s December column:

Mr. Coffman, I share the concerns ex-pressed by your constituents regarding the ACA. I agree that in the wealthiest coun-try in the world, it is reprehensible that hard-working citizens (like my sister and 2 million others) have to make a choice between financial ruin and life itself.

That being said, I find your conclusions to be disingenuous and poorly reasoned. Healthcare costs have been going through the roof for decades, way before the ad-vent of the ACA. And the rate of increase has actually leveled since the ACA. So to allude that the ACA is somehow respon-sible for high costs flies in the face of the evidence. But frankly, all of this misses the point.

It’s important to ask the fundamental question, why is our healthcare so expen-sive and less effective than elsewhere in the world? At its root, it’s because of the perverse incentives that emerge as a result of taking the “patient-centered, market-based approach,” using your words.

These incentives emerge as a result of making the assumption that healthcare is the same as any other commodity when it comes to supply and demand. But health-care is what economists call “price inelas-tic,” which means that price doesn’t drive demand. This is fundamentally because healthcare lacks the most basic charac-

teristic of an efficient economic model: choice. When you’re faced with death or disability, choice goes out the window.

We also agree that Obamacare is not the answer, but I contend that it’s be-cause the ACA doesn’t directly address the fundamental problem of incentives. What the ACA will do is expose the willful opacity so expertly institutionalized by a set of industries that profits mightily from such opacity. As a society we have (rightly) concluded that we’re not going to leave people to die in the street. In essence this means that healthcare is a fundamental human right as opposed to a privilege. As a society we also agree that we have the right to national security, and we all know that rights come with obligations. We live up to our national obligations by each and every one of us (who is able) pitching in for the universal good. We have a name for this: taxes.

For all these reasons and more, it is inevitable that any sustainable delivery system must preserve healthcare as a fun-damental human right in a manner that rewards cost-effective outcomes.

I only hope that we collectively come to this conclusion before we throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Tony DobajHighlands Ranch

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Marie passed away peacefully at her home. She married Melville Clinton Ulery on Sept 6, 1958 at the Buck-horn Mountain Guest Ranch. Marie was a beloved wife, mother and homemaker. She loved to bake and made pies for the B&B Café for several years. She shared her love of baking with the residents and staff at Porter Place Assisted living where she was employed for several years. She is preceded in death by her husband and her son Robert Clinton Ulery. Marie is survived by her children Lee Ann Cramer (Gary) of LaSalle, her daughter Janice Cottrell (Edgar) of Grand Junction. Her grandchildren Courtney Haller (Luke) of Tucum-cari, NM, Caitlyn Cot-trell and Cody Cottrell of Grand Junction.

A memorial service will be held on Jan 3rd at 4 pm at Olinger Andrews Funeral Home in Castle Rock. Donations can be made in her name to the charity of your choice.

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Flattery will get you everywhere ships are stronger, work is a better place to be, and my family seems to thrive whenever we really focus on our word choices and sincerity and intent of what we say.

“I am so proud of you.” “Nice job today.” “You look beautiful.” “I am so glad you are in my life.” “Thanks for all you do for me or for us.” These are just examples, but I can promise you that when we take the focus off of the bad and we make a genuine effort to look for the good and verbalize those good feelings to everyone we encounter, it will make an enormous and positive difference in every one of our relationships.

Are you speaking words of love, hope and encouragement? Are you operating fi rst and foremost from a position of kindness? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and when we all start prac-ticing this habit even just a little bit more in 2014, each week really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former President of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/Founder of www.candogo.com.

individual classes or enroll in the two-year program,” she said. “In either case, the students will earn EHS credits as well as credits from Metropolitan State University.”

She said the culinary arts classes prob-ably will be a new experience for many students.

However, she said there will probably be students in the class who cook at home or who have worked in the food industry.

Davis grew up and graduated from Ev-ergreen High School. She attended John-son & Wales University in Rhode Island, where she earned an associate’s degree in

culinary arts and a bachelor’s degree in food service management. She also has a master’s degree in education.

“I have been teaching for eight years, primarily in the culinary arts program at Warren Technical School in Jefferson County,” she said. “I am pleased to be se-lected for this position. It is a fantastic op-portunity to start a program from scratch. I am excited to get started.”

Davis said she also is excited the pro-gram will be taught in a new facility with state-of-the-art equipment.

The classroom and teaching areas are located adjacent to the high school food service kitchen.

“We share some storage areas and fa-cilities with the high school program,” she said. “But our classroom and where stu-dents will be preparing and cooking food are separate areas.”


Culinary

Dental care elusive for Medicaid enrollees In rural areas, few dentists available By Kristin Jones I-News at Rock Mountain PBS

Almost half a million Colora-dans are expected to gain dental benefi ts under Medicaid by 2016. That doesn’t mean they’ll be able to see a dentist.

Two state policy changes roll-ing out this year are intended to improve access to oral health care for low-income Coloradans. The state Legislature last year voted to expand Medicaid’s dental ben-efi ts to adults - it now only covers children for most kinds of care.

The change will go into effect around the same time as Colo-rado expands Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act to those who make slightly more than the federal poverty level.

The pair of changes is expect-ed to grow the ranks of Medicaid enrollees with dental benefi ts to 844,491 in 2016, from 348,142 last year, according to a study re-leased in December by the Colo-rado Health Institute.

But 17 counties in Colorado don’t have a dentist who accepts Medicaid, the study reported.

Some rural areas simply don’t have dentists at all - you won’t fi nd one in sparsely populated Ki-owa County in the eastern plains, or in southern Colorado’s Mineral County, the institute found. In more populous Delta and Elbert counties, there are dentists - but none that take Medicaid.

Chaffee County ranks among the areas with a low percentage of dentists accepting Medicaid. Cara Russell heads the county’s program to improve oral health,

which works to educate people on the importance of good oral hygiene.

Preventive dental care can keep people from showing up in pain at emergency rooms and in need of expensive surgery. Poor oral health is also associated with chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, according to recent studies cited by the Centers for Disease Control.

But inspiring someone to go to the dentist doesn’t get them there, says Russell. For those living in her area of the state, the near-est dentist accepting Medicaid is often a drive of 65 miles to 110 miles. At the same time, much of the working population will re-

main uninsured even as Medicaid expands.

“We are on the verge of much better care for our underserved population,” says Russell. “But we’re not there yet, and the tran-sition is going to be painful.”

In the southeastern Colorado town of Walsh, Carol Morrow is the only dentist in Baca County, population 4,500. She accepts Medicaid, making her offi ce an oasis in a dental desert. Some pa-tients drive hours to get to her.

“I think every person deserves the same kind of care, whether they can afford it or not,” says Morrow.

The expansion of Medicaid benefi ts to adults will allow her to

get some compensation for care she now provides for free, she says.

Morrow is participating in a new push by the Colorado Dental Association to encourage more dentists to accept Medicaid as the policy changes unfold.

The professional group is fi ght-ing a perception among some dentists that the paperwork is too cumbersome and reimbursement rates too low, and an unfounded fear that Medicaid patients will fail to show up for appointments, says Jennifer Goodrum, who di-rects the organization’s govern-ment relations.

Jeff Hurst, who runs a practice in Lakewood, is one of the Colo-

rado dentists who doesn’t take Medicaid. The 40-page applica-tion form to become a Medicaid doctor is one barrier. Payment is another reason Hurst stopped seeing Medicaid enrollees. The state is slow to process claims, and the reimbursement doesn’t even cover his offi ce’s overhead costs, he said.

However, Hurst is heartened by recent moves by state offi cials to make it easier to navigate the application and payment process and hike reimbursement rates.

“Removing these barriers will allow us to treat these patients the same way we treat others,” says Hurst. “These adults - some of which have never had care - can get introduced to the world of dentistry.”

Still, improving access to den-tal care is likely to take creative thinking in places as far-fl ung as Delta County on the western range, Conejos County to the south, and a huge swath of the eastern plains where Medicaid enrollees far outnumber dentists willing or able to provide services.

Expanding the role of dental hygienists may be one solution, while boosting the capacity of dentists that already see low-income patients may be another route.

“Communities are gearing up and getting ready,” says Sara Schmitt, one of the authors of the Colorado Health Institute study.

It’s too soon to know if they’ll succeed.

I-News is the public service jour-nalism arm of Rocky Mountain PBS and works collaboratively with new media throughout Colorado. Contact Kristin Jones: [email protected]

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Parker � ight attendant, artist paints on layovers By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

Paris, Venice, Switzerland, Beijing and more…

“It’s been a good ride,” said painter Paul Valdez of his two-track career as a fl ight attendant and artist. A Parker resi-dent since 1987, he has been traveling and painting on layovers for 38 years, he said. About seven years ago, he began to teach painting when in town, for the Greater Castle Rock Artists Guild and elsewhere, with class schedules fl uctu-ating according to fl ight schedules. He recently held a 40-year retrospective at Parker’s Mainstreet Center.

Valdez now fl ies nine days in a month and is enjoying routes to Asia — and painting in China. “I trans-

ferred to a De-troit base to do Asia,” he ex-plains. His all-time favorite places to paint are in Paris — where he sits outside and works, sometimes selling a work off the easel to a tourist — and in Venice, where he was painting along the edge of a canal, when a gondola passenger bought a painting.

It’s been a nice source of extra income, he said. “We had a really

nice dinner that night,” he said, refl ecting on the Venice sale. His wife is also a fl ight attendant, gets to share some of the trips with him.

Valdez, who carries watercolors for anything over a 24-hour layover, will have

a solo exhibit at Littleton Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery from Jan. 8 to Feb. 13. There will be an artist’s reception from 5:30 to 7:70 p.m. on January 18.

Opening in the upstairs theater Jan. 17 is the comedy “Boeing, Boeing,” about a guy who is juggling three stewardess girl-friends and their various schedules. Val-dez’ show is part of Stanton Gallery coor-dinator Nancy Boyson’s effort to relate the art to what’s showing in the theater.

When Valdez is painting along the banks of the Seine or elsewhere, tourists have often mistaken him for a Parisian, he recalls happily.

He says, “I always leave a bit of soul in each (painting).” His exhibit will include paintings from Europe, a recent image of a large park in China and a few of his latest abstracts.

One abstract was infl uenced by a fl ight over Beijing, en route to Shanghai on Chi-nese New Year. “I could see tons of fi re-

works going off,” he said. “Smoke from all the fi recrackers created a glowing haze that was incredibly surreal.”

His theme is “from above. Designs are everywhere, you only have to observe.”

An upcoming adventure: Valdez will conduct a painting tour to Giverny and the Monet Gardens from May 22 to 29. “I met somebody who knew somebody,” he said and was able to arrange garden paint-ing time before and after hours — before the tourist crowds arrive. Painters will stay in a Giverny B&B for seven nights and also be transported to nearby locations to paint during the day. Estimated cost: $2,900, plus air travel to Paris. The dead-line to register is Jan. 21.

For information, visit Valdez’ website: pauljvaldez.com, or call Rich, 770-977-3434, e-mail [email protected], or call Valdez, 303-870-5586.

“R & R Arch in Paris” watercolor by Paul Valdez will be in his solo show at Town Hall Arts Center Jan. 8 through Feb. 13. Courtesy photos

“Notre Dame at Sunset” watercolor by Paul Valdez will be one of many of Valdez’ works on display at Town Hall Arts

Center’s Stanton Gallery from Jan. 8 to Feb. 13.

THIS MUST BEParis

Paul J. Valdez’ painting exhibit will run from Jan. 8 to Feb. 23 in Stanton Gallery at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-days through Fridays and during performanc-es. A public reception will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 18. Call 303-794-2787 for more information.

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South MetroLIFE8 Englewood HeraldJanuary 3, 2014

Moe’s BBQ adds fourth locale

Moe’s Original Bar B Que & Bowling has expanded its empire to a new spot in Aurora.

Located in an old Walgreen’s at 2727 S. Parker Road (corner of Yale and Parker; my old Aurora ‘hood), the spanking new Moe’s opened on Dec. 12.

Besides the fl avorful barbecue, Moe’s has eight bowling lanes, an upstairs arcade and a large bar.

Moe’s now has four locations: The origi-nal at 3295 S. Broadway in Englewood; 530 Broadway in Denver and 2589 S. Lewis Way in Lakewood. More info: www.moesdenver.com.

Raising a glassCRL Associates chief operating offi cer and

Denver City Council hopeful Roger Shermanheld his annual toast to the staff at The Palm restaurant in the Tabor Center on Friday, Dec. 20.

The seven-year tradition started when an unexpected winter blizzard derailed Sher-man’s fl ight plans and cancelled his trip to Chicago. He diverted to The Palm with his friend and co-worker Cathie Greig, who again joined Sherman at Friday’s sip soiree.

Sherman, Greig and co-workers at the lo-cal government relations powerhouse CRL Associates raised a glass of 2001 Jordan Cab-ernet Sauvignon with the staff at The Palm - from managers to dishwashers — who crammed inside the bar for the much-antici-pated occasion fi nanced by Sherman.

“We have so much to be thankful for, and this has become something we look forward to each Christmas,” Sherman said. The toast-ers tipped back two jeroboam (double mag-nums) of the Jordan Cab.

Parr’s death shocks restaurant communityDenver’s restaurant world was rocked

Dec. 21 in the aftermath of the news of Jeff Parr’s death.

Parr, who was 43, reportedly died in his sleep Dec. 20. Leigh Sullivan, who was part-ners with Parr in the restaurant consultancy company Leigh Sullivan Enterprises, said that Parr wasn’t feeling well that night, went to bed and never woke up.

“He was a very happy man, so that is giv-ing me some comfort,” said Denver chef Jen-na Johansen.

Parr’s restaurant resume is extensive: Before joining Sullivan, he spent stints with Sage Restaurant Group, Loews Hotels, Qdoba Mexican Grill and Levy Restaurants (Wellshire Inn, Pepsi Center).

Perhaps the most eloquent tribute to Parr came from close friend Paul “Berrick” Abramson who wrote, “God took one of the good ones from us last night. Jeffrey Parr was an amazing father and husband, a truly great friend and one of the fi nest human beings I’ve known. Always there with a smile, eager to help a friend or stranger, energized by be-ing part of the community and absolutely driven, grounded and consumed by his love for his wife (Libby Pollock) and son (Brook-lyn Beau, age 4).”

In addition to his wife and son, Parr is also survived by his brother, Andrew Parr, and fa-ther, Shep Parr.

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, busi-nesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.


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

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P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945www.ParkerCCRS.org

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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.

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United Church Of ChristParker Hilltop

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First UnitedMethodist Church

1200 South StreetCastle Rock, CO 80104

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Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PMBible Study: 9:30AM

Children, Young People & Adults

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134

Church Office – (303) 841-3836

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

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

December Study: The Cast of Christmas

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

CJRO pays tribute to Maynard Ferguson Trumpeter Pete Olstad, who toured and

performed with the Maynard Ferguson Band will be featured in the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra’s 8 p.m. Jan. 10 concert at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Com-mons St, Lone Tree. The concert will be a tribute to the late trumpet player, Fergu-son, and at the last CJRO concert, orchestra leader Art Bouton promised happily that this one would be “really loud!”

Olstad, who started playing trumpet at age 9, lived in Colorado as a youth, attend-ing Evergreen High School, where teacher Bob Montgomery helped him launch to-ward a career. He attended The Berklee School of Music in Boston and fi nished his degree at UNC in Greeley, winning awards as he progressed. He has toured and per-formed with the likes of Buddy Rich; Woody Herman; Blood, Sweat and Tears; Mel Torme; Brian Setzer; Tom Jones and more.

He will follow Ferguson’s custom of end-ing the concert with “Hey Jude” and invit-ing others to bring a trumpet to the concert and join in. Tickets cost $20 plus a $3 ser-vice fee: www.lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

Genealogists to meetThe Columbine Genealogical and His-

torical Society hosts a pair of programs: “Swedish Shorts” at 1 p.m. Jan. 14 and “Conducting Successful Interviews” at 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Visitors are welcome. www.ColumbineGe-nealogy.com.

Poet Laureate soughtNominations are being sought for the

next Colorado Poet Laureate. The selected nominee will serve as an active advocate for poetry, literacy and literature by partici-

pating in readings and other events. Colo-rado Humanities and Center for the Book will accept nominations through Feb. 4, 2014. Submit interest to Colorado Humani-ties and Center for the Book, 7935 E. Pren-tice Ave., Suite 450, Greenwood Village, CO, 80111. Attention: Poet Laureate.

For nomination form and information, visit www.coloradocreativeindustries.org. Gov. John Hickenlooper will make the ap-pointment in October 2014 for a four-year term. Honorarium and travel budget are supplied in relation to presentations.

Call for artistsThe Lone Tree Photo Show has a new

name: “Exploring the Light 2014.” Colora-do photographers are invited to submit up to three entries through www.CAllForEntry.org, where information is online now. Cat-egories include landscape, animals, ab-stract, and motion. Total cash awards up to $4,000. Deadline is Feb. 24. Show will be April 19 to June 8. Juror is Glenn Randall.

AuditionsAuditions for “The Music Man,” directed

by Christopher Willard, will be Jan. 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for boys and girls and from 2 to 5 p.m. for ages 8 and older at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Pre-pare 16-24 bars of appropriate song and a one-minute comic monologue to present

if asked. Bring headshot and resume. By appointment only: Contact Ashley Thomp-son at THAC, 303-794-2787, ext. 211 or [email protected].

Byers-Evans“Flower Faces” by Kristen Hatgi Sink

will open with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 3 and continue through Feb. 28 at the Byers-Evans House Gallery, 1310 Bannock St., Denver.

Admission is free. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; closed on holidays on Jan. 20 and Feb. 17.

Trumpeter Pete Olstad will be featured in the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra’s tribute to Maynard Ferguson on Jan. 10 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Photo by Courtesy photo

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EnglewoodSportS10 Englewood Herald January 3, 2014

Eagles new coach inherits young teamRogers takes over head spot after years as assistant

By Tom [email protected]

Heritage head girls basketball coach Stephanie Rogers worked with her players either individually or as part of the whole team, as the Eagles battled, but fell to Cher-okee Trail Dec. 20 in the Heritage Memorial Hoopla Girls Basketball Tournament.

“We are a young team with two fresh-men on the floor at times,” Rogers said after the 70-38 loss. “I am introducing the girls to some changes in how we play basketball. The girls are working hard and they are get-ting better.”

Statistics for the first five games show Bethany Stuhlman, the team’s only senior, has helped out with 45 points, is the leading rebounder with 36, and has 10 steals.

The freshman contributions also have been reflected early on. Haily Cechini has scored a team-high 47 points, has 17 re-bounds and has made 10 steals, while fel-low freshman Amanda Brenner has scored 28 points and hauled down 23 rebounds.

Following a nine-point loss to Montbello and the game with Cherokee Trail, Heritage played Gateway for seventh place in the tournament. The score for the Heritage-Gateway game has not been reported or posted on either school’s web site. After the holiday break, the Eagles return to action Jan. 4 at home against Doherty.

Against Cherokee Trail, Heritage strug-gled against the Cougars’ aggressive, press-ing defense and fell behind 14-3 at the end of the first quarter. While Cherokee Trail went on to win by 32, Rogers said she was pleased the Eagles didn’t quit battling and working to put points on the scoreboard.

“It was a plus that the girls ignored the scoreboard and kept working to play good basketball,” she said. “I feel it helps the girls believe they can be competitive in every game we play. The fact we played and bat-tled hard in this game are building blocks we can use to improve this season and in the future.”

Rogers said the team graduated four se-niors last year so this year’s team is young and she looks on this as a rebuilding season.

“I coached junior varsity last season so I know the girls pretty well,” Rogers said. “We are trying to change to a motion offense plus play better defense so these are new

things to learn.“We don’t have girls with a lot of basket-

ball experience and we don’t have a lot of height but this is a great group of girls who are working hard to play better basketball. Looking ahead, we do have good young players in our system so the future of the program looks strong.”

Rogers smiled and said being a head coach brings added responsibilities in ad-dition to coaching basketball. “As head coach, you have to make sure everything is going well at all levels of the program while still spending the needed amount of time coaching the varsity girls,” she said.

The coach said basketball has always been her sport. She played three seasons at Thomas Jefferson before moving to Heri-tage for her senior season. She then attend-ed Santa Clara College in California and played basketball for the Broncos.

After graduation, she returned to the Denver area, coached freshman girls bas-ketball for one season at Mullen before be-coming an assistant girls basketball coach at Heritage in the 2001-02 season.

“It is cool to be coaching at my alma ma-ter,” Rogers said. “Since I have been in the program for 11 years, I am familiar with the facilities and with the community. It is great

to be able to give back to the school that helped me with my basketball career.”

She said she tries to work with the high school players, plus stay in touch with the Littleton middle schools playing girls bas-ketball as well as some of the girls who play in the Gold Crown program outside of school.

“We run a voluntary workout program in the spring and then are pretty busy in the month of June,” Rogers said. “We are in a summer league and we plan to go to a couple of team camps that month. We have open gym sessions in July that are volun-tary.”

Heritage senior Bethany Stuhlman drives to the hoop against a Cherokee Trail defender during the Dec. 20 consolation bracket game at the Heritage Memorial Hoopla Girls Basket-ball Tournament. Stuhlman made the basket and led the Eagles with 13 points but Cherokee Trail won the game, 70-38. Photo by Tom Munds

Golden Eagles edge Bruins on the iceMountain Vista wins overtime hockey battle by a 4-3 scoreBy Tom [email protected]

Mountain Vista’s ice hockey team bested Cherry Creek 4-3 in overtime on Dec. 20, helping capping a three-win week for the Golden Eagles. With a 3-0 record on the sea-son, Vista has now moved up to No. 2 in the CHSAANow.com rankings.

“We have a strong team and I think the strength of our team is our offense,” said assistant coach Matt Anthone. “We have players from five Douglas County schools on our roster but we are united as a team and we are playing good hockey right now.”

The game against Cherry Creek was packed with fast-paced action from the opening faceoff.

Throughout the night, players on both teams absorbed hard-hitting collisions, took short breathers and returned to ac-tion, as line changes were constant. Penal-ties were few but each team did get a couple power play advantages.

Cherry Creek jumped out to a 2-0 ad-vantage with goals in each of the first two periods. Mountain Vista responded with a

goal in the second and went ahead 3-2 with a pair of goals in the third. But Creek wasn’t done, battling back and tying the score to force overtime. The Golden Eagles got the needed overtime tally.

Ryan Daugherty led Mountain Vista with two goals and an assist, while Con-

nor Gerace and Cade Boreing each scored a goal for the Golden Eagles. In net, goalie Joe Morgan made 24 saves.

Cherry Creek got two goals from Cody Oakes and a goal from Nick McWharter while Owen Berman registered a pair of as-sists. Aaron Jatana made 33 saves for the

Bruins.Like Mountain Vista, Cherry Creek is

a consolidated team with players from throughout the school district, represent-ing seven schools.

“Just about all our guys play hockey all year so most of them know each other and have either played together or against the athletes who are now teammates,” said Cherry Creek coach Jeff Mielnicci.

The coach said he has a good, hard-working group of kids and that he hopes to establish a solid program that focuses on teamwork, discipline and respect for the game.

“I have been coaching hockey in the Denver area for 20 years,” Mielnicci said. “So, I am old school in a way but I have young beliefs so I mesh well with the kids because I am looking for new trends in the game. My desire is to help the players un-derstand the game and the fact hockey is a fantastic game.”

The rinks went dark for the holidays after several Dec. 21 games. As the teams head into the 2014 portion of the season, Mountain Vista is third in the Peak League with a 2-0 mark and sits at 3-0 overall. Cher-ry Creek, ranked No. 4, is 5-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the Foothills League, good for first place.

Cherry Creek goalie Aaron Jatana turns aside a shot during the Dec. 20 game against Mountain Vista. Jatana made 33 saves but the Golden Eagles won the game, 4-3 in overtime. Photo by Tom Munds

Editor’s notE: To add or update your club listing, email [email protected], attn: Englewood Herald.

ProfEssional

amErican association of UnivErsity WomEn, Littleton-Englewood Branch invites baccalaureates to partici-pate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings usually are Mondays each month, September through May, at Koelbel Library, Orchard Road and Holly Street, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative program on subjects ranging from public policy issues to poetry. Call Linda Shell at 303-796-7702.

dEnvEr invEstor clUb meets the first Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at the IHOP on Clinton Street in Englewood. Call Gail Segreto at 303-810-9015 or e-mail [email protected]. This is a nonprofit educational club.

EnglEWood chaPtEr of thE JUnior chambEr of commErcE (Jaycees) needs men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 to help re-establish the chapter. Jaycees work to help chapter members grow professionally and to help serve the community through hands-on projects. To become involved, call 303-914-0180 or visit www.coloradojaycees.org.

lEtiP intErnational, local chapter, is a professional referral organization that meets at Maggiano’s at the Denver Tech Center, 7401 S. Clinton St., in Englewood. A Highlands Ranch chapter meets at LePeep’s, 7156 E. County Line Road. Call 303-789-7898 or visit www.letip.com.

narfE (national Active and Retired Federal Employees), Chapter 1089 was merged into Chapter 81. The membership meetings are from noon to 1:30 p.m. the third Friday of every month, with an optional lunch at 11 a.m., at the American Le-gion Post 1, at the Southeast corner of I-25 and Yale Ave (5400 E Yale). All current and retired federal employees are invited to attend. For information call, Hank at 303-779-4268 or Darlene at 303-771-2024.

rEcrEation

chErry crEEk anglErs meets at 7 p.m. every second Thursday in the Lodge Meeting Room at Gander Mountain Sports, 14000 E. Jewell Ave. Call Dennis at 303-841-3612.

kiloWatt Eights is for people interested in square danc-ing. Dances are the first, third and fifth Friday each month at Malley Senior Center in Englewood. Call Ron at 303-759-4862.

moUntainEErs sqUarE dancE clUb meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month at the Valley View Church


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SALOME’S STARSFOR THE WEEK OF DEC 25, 2013

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) You might be busier than you had expected right now. But between the social-izing rounds and the workplace tasks, there are oppor-tunities for special moments with that certain someone.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Your creative approach leads to a quicker-than-expected solution to a work-place problem. Now you can devote more time to that proposal you hope to introduce by midmonth.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Technological glitches create problems early on. But by midweek, all runs smoothly once again, and you’re well and truly on your way to meeting all your deadlines.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Your energy levels are high, and you feel you can handle everything that comes along. But try to take a break from your hectic pace for some quiet time with someone close to you.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Before you pounce on that shiny new opportunity, take more time to check it out to see how much substance actually lies beneath all that glitter. A family member has important news.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) A personal situation you thought was resolved resurfaces, thanks to a possibly well-intentioned move that went awry. Deal with it as soon as possible. Accept the help of a trusted friend.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) That goal you set way back when is finally in sight. Maintain your focus on achieving it, and don’t allow yourself to be distracted by unimportant demands for your attention.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A temperamental flare-up creates negative feelings that need to be dealt with immediately. But things once again go well after the apologies are made and hurt feelings are soothed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) An early impul-sive act causes confusion. But all is smoothed over once explanations are made. Expect a friend or family member to ask for your kind and always wise advice.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) You might have to do some juggling of your priorities, as a personal matter appears to require more time and attention. Put your pride aside and accept help from those who offer it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Your creative aspect is strong. Not only does it help you accomplish your goals, but it also inspires others. This could lead to a potentially rewarding collaboration opportunity.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Be careful about making major decisions when you’re not really committed to them. And resist any pressure to do otherwise. Better to delay action until all doubts are resolved.

BORN THIS WEEK: You set goals and are rarely distracted by any attempt to move you off the path you’ve chosen to reach them.

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Eagles new coach inherits young team

to be able to give back to the school that helped me with my basketball career.”

She said she tries to work with the high school players, plus stay in touch with the Littleton middle schools playing girls bas-ketball as well as some of the girls who play in the Gold Crown program outside of school.

“We run a voluntary workout program in the spring and then are pretty busy in the month of June,” Rogers said. “We are in a summer league and we plan to go to a couple of team camps that month. We have open gym sessions in July that are volun-tary.”

Golden Eagles edge Bruins on the iceBruins.

Like Mountain Vista, Cherry Creek is a consolidated team with players from throughout the school district, represent-ing seven schools.

“Just about all our guys play hockey all year so most of them know each other and have either played together or against the athletes who are now teammates,” said Cherry Creek coach Jeff Mielnicci.

The coach said he has a good, hard-working group of kids and that he hopes to establish a solid program that focuses on teamwork, discipline and respect for the game.

“I have been coaching hockey in the Denver area for 20 years,” Mielnicci said. “So, I am old school in a way but I have young beliefs so I mesh well with the kids because I am looking for new trends in the game. My desire is to help the players un-derstand the game and the fact hockey is a fantastic game.”

The rinks went dark for the holidays after several Dec. 21 games. As the teams head into the 2014 portion of the season, Mountain Vista is third in the Peak League with a 2-0 mark and sits at 3-0 overall. Cher-ry Creek, ranked No. 4, is 5-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the Foothills League, good for first place.

cluBs in your communityEditor’s notE: To add or update your club listing, email [email protected], attn: Englewood Herald.

ProfEssional

amErican association of UnivErsity WomEn, Littleton-Englewood Branch invites baccalaureates to partici-pate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings usually are Mondays each month, September through May, at Koelbel Library, Orchard Road and Holly Street, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative program on subjects ranging from public policy issues to poetry. Call Linda Shell at 303-796-7702.

dEnvEr invEstor clUb meets the first Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at the IHOP on Clinton Street in Englewood. Call Gail Segreto at 303-810-9015 or e-mail [email protected]. This is a nonprofit educational club.

EnglEWood chaPtEr of thE JUnior chambEr of commErcE (Jaycees) needs men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 to help re-establish the chapter. Jaycees work to help chapter members grow professionally and to help serve the community through hands-on projects. To become involved, call 303-914-0180 or visit www.coloradojaycees.org.

lEtiP intErnational, local chapter, is a professional referral organization that meets at Maggiano’s at the Denver Tech Center, 7401 S. Clinton St., in Englewood. A Highlands Ranch chapter meets at LePeep’s, 7156 E. County Line Road. Call 303-789-7898 or visit www.letip.com.

narfE (national Active and Retired Federal Employees), Chapter 1089 was merged into Chapter 81. The membership meetings are from noon to 1:30 p.m. the third Friday of every month, with an optional lunch at 11 a.m., at the American Le-gion Post 1, at the Southeast corner of I-25 and Yale Ave (5400 E Yale). All current and retired federal employees are invited to attend. For information call, Hank at 303-779-4268 or Darlene at 303-771-2024.

rEcrEation

chErry crEEk anglErs meets at 7 p.m. every second Thursday in the Lodge Meeting Room at Gander Mountain Sports, 14000 E. Jewell Ave. Call Dennis at 303-841-3612.

kiloWatt Eights is for people interested in square danc-ing. Dances are the first, third and fifth Friday each month at Malley Senior Center in Englewood. Call Ron at 303-759-4862.

moUntainEErs sqUarE dancE clUb meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month at the Valley View Church

of God, 4390 S. Lowell Blvd., Englewood, to square dance. Dances start at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and watch. This is a healthy activity for all. Call 303-798-4472.

PoEtry night honors the great Edgar Allan Poe by reading poetry at The Attic Bookstore, 200 W. Hampden Ave., near Hampden and Bannock in Englewood. Take originals or an old favorite to read to others. Readings will be limited to five minutes. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m. All styles of poetry are welcome. Call 303-777-5352.

sErvicEs

homEcoming inc. offers caregivers of low-income seniors who are frail, disabled or unable to live alone without care in Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Denver counties respite care. Assistance includes personal care and homemaking. Call Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson or Trini Martinez at 303-526-2318 for an application and information.

social

araPahoE sErtoma clUb meets on Thursdays at the Englewood Elks Club, 3690 S. Jason, Englewood. Contact Ken Kelley at 303-789-9393 or [email protected].

daUghtErs of thE amErican rEvolUtion, Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. every second Saturday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Englewood. Call Michelle Brown at 303-979-7550.

daUghtErs of thE british EmPirE is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the U.S. who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centen-nial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available.

sErtoma clUb of dtc meets on Thursdays at Mangia Bevi Restaurant, Englewood. Contact David Oppenheim at 303-850-7888 or [email protected].

EmbroidErErs gUild of amErica Colorado Chapter meets at Bethany Lutheran Church at Hampden Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Englewood the fourth Tuesday each month from 9:30 a.m. to noon, excluding December and July. Meetings include needlework projects, needle art education, lectures and workshops of all levels. Guests are invited. Call Marnie Ritter at 303-791-9334.

thE EnglEWood lions clUb meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Grill at Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 West Oxford Avenue. Previously the Lions Club met every Wednesday at noon. The change in time is being made to better accom-modate working men and women in the Englewood area who are interested in serving the community. Please join the Lions for breakfast and a weekly program and learn more about Lions Club International and the activities of the Englewood Lions Club.

thE rotary clUb of Englewood meets each Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. at the Wellshire Inn, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver. For information, contact Josh Staller at 303-721-6845, or visit rotaryclubofenglewood.org.

friEndshiPs arE goldEn, a Precious Moments collectors club, meets the fourth Thursday each month at Castlewood Library in Englewood. Dinner provided by club members at 6 p.m., meeting from 7-9 p.m. Give back to the community by doing local charity work. Talk and share stories about Precious Moments. Call Leota Stoutenger, club president, at 303-791-9283.

gracE chaPEl mothErs of PrEschoolErs meets second and fourth Wednesdays from 9-11:30 a.m. at Grace Chapel, I-25 and County Line Road, Englewood. Call Karleen Wagner at 303-799-4900 or visit www.gracechapel.org.

kiWanis clUb of Englewood believes it has an obligation to be involved in community projects. Members meet Wednesdays 7 a.m. at The Neighborhood Grille 1500 W. Littleton Blvd. Everyone is welcome to join and have breakfast on Kiwanis. Call 303-783-9523.

toastmastErs - mEridian midday. Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you’re speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. We meet every Thursday from 11:35 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. at the American Family Insurance Building, 9510 South Meridian Blvd. in Englewood. For more information, contact our current VP of Membership, Brent Hilvitz at 303-668-5789. We hope you will visit us and check out Meridian Midday Toastmasters. www.meridianmidday.com

nEWcomErs at gracE chaPEl in Englewood welcomes women who are new to the Denver area. Learn about the group’s ongoing Bible study, make new friends, and be encour-aged about God’s faithfulness and what happens after the boxes are unpacked. Call Carolyn Chandler at 303-660-4042 for information on welcome teas, Bible study, field trips and get

acquainted luncheons.

rotary clUb of dEnvEr tEch cEntEr meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club in Englewood. Call Larry McLaughline at 303-741-1403.

WidoWEd mEn and WomEn of amErica, Come join us and make new friends and share in a variety of activities. Our monthly meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Rox Bar and Grill, 12684 W. Indore Place, in Jefferson County. For more information call Mel at 303-973-8688or Nan at 728-981-1841.

soUth sUbUrban WomEn’s connEction, affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries, meets from 9-11 a.m. the second Wednesday of every other month beginning in January at Maggiano’s, 7401 S. Clinton St. The brunch includes a feature and an inspirational speaker. For details, reservations and complimentary nursery, call Rachel Lee at 303-866-1444 or e-mail [email protected].

Whatcha rEadin’ meets at 7 p.m. monthly at The Attic Bookstore, 200 W. Hampden Ave., near Hampden and Bannock in Englewood. If having a prescribed reading list isn’t appealing, but gushing about an amazing or horrible read is, this is the right book club. Discuss books and get recommendations from other avid readers. Call 303-777-5352.

sUPPort

adUlt childrEn of EldErly ParEnts, a Denver-area group of caregivers and relatives of elderly looking for support and resources, meets twice monthly at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln Street, Englewood. Meetings often include speakers from medical, counseling and housing services. Call Marina at 720-272-2846.

brEast cancEr sUPPort groUP meets Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Swedish Medical Center, 501 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood, second floor Conference Center, Spruce B. Patients, survivors and caregivers are welcome to attend. Meetings are free and open to the public. RSVP to Kelly Topf, oncology patient care coordinator, at 303-319-8638.

hEPatitis c sUPPort groUP. The group meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 1000 Englewood Parkway from 7-8:30 p.m. Contact is Deidrea at 303-504-1853.

lUng cancEr sUPPort groUP meets from 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays at Swedish Medical Center, 501 E. Hampden Ave., in the second-floor Conference Center, Spruce B, in Englewood. Patients, survivors and caregivers are welcome. Meetings are free and open to the public. To reserve a spot call Kelly Topf, oncology patient care coordinator, at 303-319-8638.


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Notice To Creditors Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Margaret E. Palmer,

a/k/a Margaret Palmer,a/k/a Margaret Eileen Palmer,

a/k/a Peggy Palmer,a/k/a Peggy E. Palmer,

a/k/a Peggy Eileen Palmer, DeceasedCase Number 2013PR30578

All persons having claims against theabove-named estate are required topresent them to the Personal Represent-ative or to District Court of Arapahoe,County, Colorado on or before May 2,2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rae P. NelsonPersonal Representative532 Amberjack Dr.North Port, FL 34287

Legal Notice No.: 4590First Publication: January 3, 2014Last Publication: January 17, 2014Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of JANE G. RAINBOLT,

a/k/a JANE GLADNEY RAINBOLT,and MARY JANE RAINBOLT, Deceased

Case Number 2013PR 30555


Personal Representative:Atlantic Trust Company, N.A.c/o H. Arthur Graper1700 Lincoln StreetSuite 2550Denver, Colorado 80203-4502


Notice To Creditors Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of JANE G. RAINBOLT,

a/k/a JANE GLADNEY RAINBOLT,and MARY JANE RAINBOLT, Deceased

Case Number 2013PR 30555


Personal Representative:Atlantic Trust Company, N.A.c/o H. Arthur Graper1700 Lincoln StreetSuite 2550Denver, Colorado 80203-4502


PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Florence C. Buehring,

aka Florence Buehring,and Florence Catherine Buehring,

DeceasedCase Number: 2013 PR 30545

All persons having claims against theabove-named estate are required topresent them to the Personal Represent-ative or to the District Court of ArapahoeCounty, Colorado on or before April 20,2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen J. PetersonPersonal Representative19687 E. Fair DriveAurora, Colorado 80016

Legal Notice No: 4576First Publication: December 20, 2013Last Publication: January 3, 2014Publisher: Englewood Herald

Notice To Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Florence C. Buehring,

aka Florence Buehring,and Florence Catherine Buehring,

DeceasedCase Number: 2013 PR 30545


Karen J. PetersonPersonal Representative19687 E. Fair DriveAurora, Colorado 80016


PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Virginia Lea Mader, Deceased

Case Number: 2013 PR 30548


Lorraine M. SchippersPersonal Representative2937 Southmoor DriveFort Collins, Colorado 80525


Notice To Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Virginia Lea Mader, Deceased

Case Number: 2013 PR 30548


Lorraine M. SchippersPersonal Representative2937 Southmoor DriveFort Collins, Colorado 80525


Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sec-tion 38-26-107, Colorado Revised Stat-utes, that on January 10, 2014 a final set-tlement will be made by the ArapahoeCounty School District No. 1 (EnglewoodSchools) on account of a contrac tbetween the Contractor and the District forthe following project:

School: The Englewood CampusItem Description: Phase I ConstructionContractor: Saunders Construction,Inc.

Any person, co-partnership, entity, associ-ation, or corporation who has an unpaidclaim against the Contractor for or on ac-count of the furnishing of labor, materials,team hire, sustenance, provisions,provender or other supplies used or con-sumed by such Contractor or any of hissubcontractors in or about the perform-ance of such work, may, at any time up toand including the time of such final settle-ment on said date, file a verified state-ment of the amount due and unpaid on ac-count of such claim with EnglewoodSchools (Attention: Jon Kvale) at 4101 SBannock St, Englewood, CO 80110. Fail-ure on the part of the claimant to file suchstatement prior to such final settlement willrelieve the District from any and all liabil-ity for such claimant’s claim.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT NO 1By: Jon Kvale

Legal Notice No.: 4585First Publication: December 27, 2013Last Publication: January 10, 2014Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Government Legals

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sec-tion 38-26-107, Colorado Revised Stat-utes, that on January 10, 2014 a final set-tlement will be made by the ArapahoeCounty School District No. 1 (EnglewoodSchools) on account of a contractbetween the Contractor and the District forthe following project:

School: The Englewood CampusItem Description: Phase I ConstructionContractor: Saunders Construction,Inc.

Any person, co-partnership, entity, associ-ation, or corporation who has an unpaidclaim against the Contractor for or on ac-count of the furnishing of labor, materials,team hire, sustenance, provisions,provender or other supplies used or con-sumed by such Contractor or any of hissubcontractors in or about the perform-ance of such work, may, at any time up toand including the time of such final settle-ment on said date, file a verified state-ment of the amount due and unpaid on ac-count of such claim with EnglewoodSchools (Attention: Jon Kvale) at 4101 SBannock St, Englewood, CO 80110. Fail-ure on the part of the claimant to file suchstatement prior to such final settlement willrelieve the District from any and all liabil-ity for such claimant’s claim.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT NO 1By: Jon Kvale

Legal Notice No.: 4585First Publication: December 27, 2013Last Publication: January 10, 2014Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

On or about January 31, 2014 the City ofEnglewood will make final payment to:

American Mechanical Servicesof Denver LLCAMS Job Number J099616810 S. Tucson WayCentennial, CO 80112

For construction of: Emergency BoilerReplacement at the EnglewoodRecreation Center

Any or all claims relating to this contractmust be filed with Frank Gryglewicz, Dir-ector of Finance & Administrative Ser-vices, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Engle-wood, Colorado 80110-2373 prior to Fri-day, January 24, 2014.

Frank GryglewiczDirector of Finance& Administrative ServicesCity of Englewood, Colorado


Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

On or about January 31, 2014 the City ofEnglewood will make final payment to:

American Mechanical Servicesof Denver LLCAMS Job Number J099616810 S. Tucson WayCentennial, CO 80112

For construction of: Emergency BoilerReplacement at the EnglewoodRecreation Center

Any or all claims relating to this contractmust be filed with Frank Gryglewicz, Dir-ector of Finance & Administrative Ser-vices, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Engle-wood, Colorado 80110-2373 prior to Fri-day, January 24, 2014.

Frank GryglewiczDirector of Finance& Administrative ServicesCity of Englewood, Colorado


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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Milton F. Poffel, Sr., DeceasedCase Number: 2013 PR 30583

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representa-tive or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before May 3, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Milton F. Poffel, Jr.Personal Representative4736 S. Logan StreetEnglewood, Colorado 80113

Bette Heller, P.C.Attorney at Law19671 E. Euclid DriveCentennial, CO 80016phone: 303-690-7092fax: 303-690-0757

Legal Notice No: 4592First Publication: January 3, 2014Last Publication: January 17, 2014Publisher: Englewood Herald

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Blood drive Western Union community blood drive is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 9 inside Bonfils’ mobile bus at 12500 E. Belford Ave., Englewood. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.

Jan. 10

Blood drive Craig Hospital community blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 10 inside Classroom 1 & 2 at 3425 S. Clarkson St., Englewood. For informa-tion or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.

Jan. 11

Winter carnival. The Colorado Neurological Institute is kicking off 2014 with its Happy New Ear Winter Carnival from 2-5 p.m. Jan. 11 at Malley Senior Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. There will be games, prizes, arts and crafts, food and more. All

ages are welcome. The event is free; RSVP to Deb Stef at [email protected] or 303-357-5440.

Jan. 14

divorce seminar St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch, presents a 10-week seminar “Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends,” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays start-ing Jan. 14. The seminar promotes healing for those who are going through a divorce or the ending of a love relationship. It offers education, support and optional social activities. Cost is $175 for the 10-week class and complimentary child care is provided with prior registration. To register, or for information, email Beth Walker at [email protected].

Jan. 21

Blood drive Baxter Englewood community blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 21 inside Bonfils’ mobile bus at 9540 S. Maroon Circle, Ste. 400, Engle-wood. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mark Miller at 303-617-2156 or [email protected]

Jan. 24

india’s story India has the fifth-largest economy in the world, yet 25 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. India’s universities produce an educated elite that competes with the best in the world, while more than a quarter of the country remains illiterate. Economic opportunity abounds for the upper class and men, while the lower classes and most women live a narrow existence. Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, as we explore these and other contrasts as we seek to understand India and how it fits into the global community. This free program is sponsored by Autumn Heights Health Care Center and takes place at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. RSVP at 303-762-2660. If parking in the lot, get a pass from inside the center.

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educationAlex Berman, of Englewood,

has earned National Field Hockey Coaches Association all-region recognition for the second straight season. A graduate of Cherry Creek High School, Alex elevated to the first-team after earning second-team all-region honors in 2012. Ber-man was a key part of the Denison defense which allowed only 17 goals in 19 contests this season. Berman started all 19 contests for the Big Red and has started 39 consecutive games dating back to the start of the 2012 season.

Jennifer Bramstedt and Aaron Harrington, of Englewood, graduat-ed from Minnesota State University. Bramstedt earned a master’s degree in social work. Harrington received a bachelor’s degree in music industry, graduating magna cum laude.

Logan Grimes, of Englewood, earned a master’s degree in teaching, education, from the University of Northern Colorado.

Sara Mustari, of Englewood, earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Northern Colorado.

Evangeline Pasterkamp, of Engle-wood, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in special education, K-12 teaching, from the University of Northern Colorado.

Keithland Wilhite, of Englewood, graduated cum laude with a bache-lor’s degree in early childhood educa-tion, liberal arts, from the University of Northern Colorado.

Casey Robinson, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health services administration and allied health from Washburn Univer-sity.

Andrew Singer, of Littleton, was named to Massanutten Academy’s honors list for the first grading period of the 2013-14 school year.

Timothy Smith, of Littleton, was awarded a scholarship at Denison University. Smith, a member of the class of 2017, received a Denison Founders Award, which is based on academic achievement, leadership and personal merit.

Andrew Hart, of Littleton, is a member of St. Jude Up Til Dawn at Ashland University. Hart is major-ing in public relations. Hart serves as the co-production/logistics chair for St. Jude Up ‘Til Dawn. Hart also is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He is the son of Butch and Becky Hart, of Littleton, and a 2011 graduate of Northwest High School in Canal Fulton, Ohio.

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