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Whistler, who seeks the District 1 commissioner seat, aims to petition onto ballot

By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Elbert County Republicans emerged from their assembly at the fairgrounds on March 19 energized. The GOP faith-ful applauded talk of unity and the im-portance that Elbert County Republi-cans play in statewide elections.

The assembly was, however, not without some controversy.

One hour before the call to order, District 1 county commissioner can-didate Jim Whistler informed Elbert County Republican Chairman Tom Pe-

terson that he would not be participat-ing in the assembly.

Whistler, who announced his candi-dacy in February, was concerned about the lack of support he might receive from delegates at the assembly and decided to petition voters directly for a place on the Republican primary ballot on June 28.

Whistler was informed that as a re-sult of his decision he would not be al-lowed to address the assembly, which led the Whistler camp to accuse the central committee, specifi cally Peter-son, of “freezing him out.”

“I don’t know why the chairman chose to not allow me to speak,” Whis-tler said. “I believe in competition, in

District 1 hopeful Jim Whistler chose not to partici-pate in the assembly process and is petitioning for a place on the June primary ballot. Photo by Rick Gus-tafson

Candidate opts against GOP assembly

Commissioner candidate Soderberg is an alternative healer who helps horses


March has been a busy month for El-bert County politics. A record turnout for both parties’ respective caucuses at the beginning of the month was followed by enthusiasm at county assemblies. At their county assembly on March 5, Democrats

nominated longtime coun-ty resident Marie Soder-berg to represent them for the District 1 commis-sioner seat.

Soderberg’s father was a developer in Elbert County in the 1960s. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Colorado Women’s College

and studied graduate-level psychology at the University of Northern Colorado, but eventually elected to leave the program.

“So, I just went out to experience life,” she said. “I was a cab driver. I did con-struction. I worked at a veterinarian’s offi ce. I did a lot of different things, and then I got involved with creating alterna-tive healing.”

Soderberg practiced alternative healing

Soderberg

Democrat pursues seat in District 1

Annual hunt moves inside because of snow


Planning an outdoor event for the last day of winter can be a risky proposition, and when forecasters predicted snow for most of March 18

and into the morning of March 19, organizers of the Elbert County Coali-tion for Outreach’s annual Spring Egg Hunt had to act fast.

Instead of sending the children traipsing through the 4 inches that fell on Fawn Valley Park in Kiowa to dig eggs out of the snow, ECCO Director Pam Witucki transformed the event into a trick-or-treat-style “bag-o-eggs” affair inside ECCO’s thrift store at the

Lion’s Hall in Kiowa.“We’ve been doing this for eight

years, and this is the fi rst year that we’ve had bad weather,” said Witucki. “Seven years, I guess we’ve been pretty lucky.”

From 10 a.m. until the eggs are gone, read the fl ier announcing the event on March 19, and the fi rst

Ruby, 5, left, and Nicolas, 7, Gonzales choose from a selection of children’s books offered as part of the Elbert County Coali-tion for Outreach’s Easter Egg Hunt on March 19. Photos by Rick Gustafson

Eggs put in multiple baskets

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Hunter’s Legacy basketball event held for second year

By Rick GustafsonSpecial to Colorado Community Media

“The biggest fear of a mother who has lost a child is her child will be forgot-ten,” said Robin Neelley, whose son Hunter died from cancer during his freshman year at Elizabeth High School in 2014.

It is obvious from the participation in

the Hunter’s Legacy Basketball Tourna-ment on March 11 that neither Elizabeth High School students nor the commu-nity of Elizabeth will allow Hunter to be forgotten or become a distant memory. Hunter had osteosarcoma — a type of bone cancer — that eventually spread to his lungs.

Organized by students Giana Craig and Mikayla LaMantia, members of Family Career and Community Leaders of American at Elizabeth High held the second annual event in Hunter Neelley’s name.

Craig, co-president of the EHS chapter of FCCLA, and group member LaMantia eagerly volunteered to run the event when it was first proposed at an FCCLA meeting.

Craig and LaMantia organized every detail, from finding funding sponsors to soliciting players to compete. They have worked in tandem before and always draw on each other’s strengths.

“I learned so much from Giana when planning this event.” LaMantia empha-sized.

Craig echoed this same sentiment

about LaMantia as runner to LaMantia’s stage manager position for “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and the musical “Seussical.”

“Everyone was so positive and willing to help, and I made so many connec-tions and learned so much,” said Craig.

FCCLA moderator and teacher Mela-nie Darter feels they did a great job, and noted: “We moderators act as guides, but the students do all the work and planning.”

From left, Hunter Neel-ley’s brother Zach; mother, Robin; and father, Scott, rest in front of the Hunter’s Legacy Tour-nament ban-ner between basketball games at the event on March 11 in the Elizabeth High School gym. Photo by Geraldine Smith

Tournament celebrates life of student

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Robin Neelley, Hunt-er’s mother, designed special T-shirts with a connecting bar in the center of Hunter’s basketball number, 11, to form an” H” for Hunter. The shirts were worn by the Green Team, whose members included Hunter’s brother Zach and father, Scott, on March 11 for the Hunter’s Legacy Basketball Tourna-ment at the Elizabeth High School Gym.

The tournament, held in the school gym, consisted of 11 teams and 67 play-ers battling it out until close to 11 p.m. Both Hunter’s father, Scott, and brother Zach played in the tournament on the Green team, giving and receiving high-fives up and down the court.

Green team members were standouts in T-shirts designed by Hunter’s mom, featuring the number 11 with a connect-ing bar to form an “H” for Hunter.

Number 11 was woven into the tap-estry of the tournament because it was Hunter’s basketball number. Although some of the number 11 allusions were planned, it was only a coincidence that exactly 11 teams competed.

The 11 teams played five-minute games, and just before the last elimina-tion rounds there was a basket shootout with the winner taking home a $25 gift certificate to Safeway.

When the last basketball swished through the hoop, the Pink team, unde-feated the entire tournament, received the grand prize of a $40 gift certificate to Buzzard’s Pizza.

While last year’s event raised money to defray the Neelleys’ medical expens-es, the family requested the money be given to others this year. A portion of the proceeds from the tournament will be given to EHS attendance secretary Dani Varela’s 11-year-old grandchild, Cheyenne Dyess, who has cancer. The tournament will also fund a new schol-arship in Hunter’s name.

An event of this magnitude qualifies as a Life Planning Event for the FCCLA state competition, to be held at the Re-naissance Hotel from March 21 to April 2 in Denver. If the girls receive a gold medal at state, they will continue to na-tionals in San Diego during the summer.

Hunter was also involved in FCCLA, which is a career and technical student organization centered around family and developing leadership through fam-ily consumer sciences. Family consumer sciences is taught in middle school and high schools across the nation with

courses in interiors and housing, child development and parenting, consum-erism and home economic decisions, fashion design and clothing, and foods and nutrition.

Elizabeth High School offers family consumer science classes of which inte-rior design, teacher cadet and soon-to-be-approved catering can be taken for college credit. FCCLA moderators and family consumer science teachers Mela-nie Darter and Regan Ashley both love watching student growth each year.

Ashley’s catering class also gained practical experience on March 11 by running the concessions booth and selling food they made. Of particular interest were the Mountain Dew cup-cakes presented in an original Mountain Dew-themed display case created by students.

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From left, FCCLA member Mikayla LaMantia and co-president Giana Craig sit at the scoring booth in the Elizabeth High School gym monitoring play for the Hunter’s Legacy Basketball Tournament on March 11. Photos by Geraldine Smith


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Google Expeditions takes kids on ‘field trips’ around the world

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The sharks and whales were so close the students could almost touch them. The children looked up and down and all around, seeing schools of fish and underwater caves.

Kids reached out their hands to grab hold of objects. Looking up, they could see the surface of the water.

“It’s really cool. You look down into the sea and see sharks and dol-phins and whales, and it looks like you are going to fall,” said Frontier Valley Elementary second-grade student Griffin Hasche.

Students at Frontier Valley in Parker were among children from 12 schools in the Douglas County School District to test the new Google Cardboard virtual-reality platform from Google Expeditions. Google is also testing the technol-ogy at other Colorado schools in the Cherry Creek, Denver, Fort Col-lins and Colorado Springs areas in March.

The virtual reality technology al-lows students to travel to places that

wouldn’t be possible in the physical world.

“The teacher is guiding the vir-tual field trip they are all going on,” Douglas County School Technology & Innovation Partner Mark Blair said. “Right now, they have 165 different trips that the students can go on and they are adding more and more to their catalog.”

Blair said museums and univer-sities are constantly adding more scenes to the library of possible trips.

In the Google Cardboard glasses is an Android phone that displays two images in stereo format through lenses for students to look through.

Students at 12 different Douglas County schools were chosen to test Google Expeditions. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

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Pesticide among factors seen as cause of decline

By Dan ElliottAssociated Press

Two species of wild bumblebees found from Alaska to North Carolina and in Canada will be considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. government said March 15.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to study the Western bumblebee and yellow-banded bumblebee to see if they warrant listing as threatened or endangered. The review could take a year or more.

The yellow-banded bee’s historic range

includes 23 states from the Great Plains to New England, part of the Atlantic Coast and eight Canadian provinces. The Western bee’s range includes 14 Western and Great Plains states, as well as three provinces and one territory in Canada.

The two species overlap in both coun-tries.

The environmental group Defenders of Wildlife, which asked the service to consider protecting the bees, said they are important pollinators of both native plants and commercial crops.

“They provide (pollination) services all over the nation for free that other-wise people have to hire beekeepers to provide,” said Jay Tutchton, a Defend-ers of Wildlife staff attorney in Denver. “These are species that are very valuable

to humanity.”Tutchton said the bees are threatened

by a category of pesticides called neo-nicotinoids and a parasite called nosema bombi. The bees are in decline on the coasts and in river valleys where commer-cial farming is widespread, he said.

Neither Tutchton nor federal officials could say how big the two populations are.

“We know the numbers are down,” said Mark Sattelberg, a field supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Cheyenne, Wyoming, who will be part of the study of the Western bumblebee.

Western and yellow-banded bumble-bees live in the wild and are different from bees raised commercially to produce honey and pollinate crops, Tutchton said.

Protections could include restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides in critical bee habitat and steps to ensure commer-cial bees are disease-free before they are imported or moved across state lines, he said.

Diana Cox-Foster, a bee researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Logan, Utah, said the effects of neo-nicotinoids and the parasite have been documented in commercial bees but less is known about their impact on wild bees.

A spokeswoman for a pesticide indus-try group didn’t immediately return an after-hours email.

The USDA has reported widespread failures of bee colonies because of para-sites, disease, pesticides and nutrition problems.

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America, and for people to have a choice of who they want to represent them.”

Peterson explained that the assembly is a nominating process and Whistler, who was not a delegate or an alternate, was technically a guest, and only candidates participating in the assembly were al-lowed to address the delegates.

Central Committee bylaws do not spe-cifically address the issue, but according to Peterson, historical precedent limits speakers to participating candidates, and candidates who petition at the state level traditionally do not attend the state as-sembly.

Candidates for county commissioner have multiple ways to place their names on the ballot for the Republican primary.

The most conventional method is achieved through the assembly process. Any nominated and seconded candidate who receives 30 percent of the total del-egate vote at the assembly is placed on the primary ballot.

A candidate who receives less than 30 percent but 10 percent or greater delegate support may petition for a spot on the pri-mary ballot. Any candidate who receives less than 10 percent support at the assem-bly is eliminated from the process.

Candidates who choose to not partici-pate in the assembly have two options. They may conduct a write-in campaign or may petition voters for a spot on the pri-mary ballot.

For Whistler to petition successfully, he would need to obtain about 625 signa-tures, or 20 percent of the number of Re-publican voters who voted in the District 1 primary in 2014.

His petition must be submitted to the county by April 4.

after studying a Japanese technique called Amma and grew her practice lo-cally. While she was giving treatment to a leading dressage rider, he suggested that the techniques she was using on him would be effective treatment for horses.

“I designed a technique used all over the world, acupressure on horses. We

developed a book. We developed a DVD, charts, classes. For years, we traveled around teaching people,” she said.

Soderberg says that her commit-ment to life is what she can give to other people so they can help themselves. She plans to apply that philosophy to her candidacy and the job of county com-missioner. As a start, she wants to bring 100 percent transparency to county government.

“One of the things that I would start to do, is start to bring back trust in the political process and what’s happening

in government. It will also start bring-ing back and giving an opportunity for people to participate in a more authentic way,” she said.

In the general election on Nov. 8, Soderberg will face either Chris Rich-ardson or Jim Whistler, and the reality of living in a county where around 13 percent of the voting public is registered as Democrats is not lost on her.

“I’m just going to be straight with you, I have a shot in hell, a very slim shot in hell, for being county commissioner,” she said with a laugh. “For me, it’s not

about winning or losing, it’s about mak-ing a difference.”

She sees rural values as the true values of America and hopes her candidacy will inspire others. It is her hope that with more people participating in the process, Elbert County could be an example to other counties around the country.

“My commitment is that whatever we provide for this county is something that can be duplicated in other counties around America … small communities, rural America,” she said. “I don’t think the greatness of our county has been tapped.”


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Richardson, Wills and Thayer get on ballot following GOP assembly in Kiowa


More than 450 delegates, alternates, volunteers and GOP party faithful fi lled the agriculture building at the fairgrounds in Kiowa on March 19 for the Elbert Coun-ty Republican Assembly.

Hoping to build from a record turnout of 722 registered Republicans who attend-ed the March 1 county caucuses, the del-egates cheered speeches from candidates running in statewide elections, nomi-nated candidates for local commissioners races and voted on resolutions emerging from the caucuses.

“This event, it’s a team sport,” said Re-publican Central Committee Chairman Tom Peterson. “There are so many who are involved and have been so supportive to put this event on.”

Following a series of speeches from Re-publicans running in statewide elections, party leaders and delegates got down to the business of nominating candidates.

The race for the District 1 county com-missioner seat being vacated by Robert Rowland was uncontested, and Peterson called for a voice vote from delegates fol-lowing Chris Richardson’s nomination.

Richardson is a retired Army colonel and serves as the secretary to the Eliza-beth School District’s Board of Education.

For now, Richardson remains the pre-sumptive Republican nominee to face Democrat Marie Soderberg in November, but he could still face a primary challenge from Jim Whistler in June.

Whistler elected to forego the county assembly in favor of petitioning to have his name added to the primary ballot. He has until April 4 to obtain roughly 625 sig-natures from registered Republicans in Elbert County to secure a spot in the pri-mary election on June 28.

District 3 nominees Scott Wills and

Grant Thayer, who are competing for the commissioner’s seat held by Larry Ross, both received enough delegate support at the assembly to move on to the primary elections in June.

Wills, who served as the Republican Central Committee chairman for nearly eight years, received his nomination from Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap. The nomination was seconded by George Br-auchler, district attorney for the 18th Judi-cial District.

Wills received just over 56 percent sup-

port from the delegates (88 of 155) com-pared with the nearly 43 percent (67 of 155) for Thayer.

Thayer has served as a member of the Elbert County Planning Commission, has extensive experience in the oil and gas in-dustry, and is the owner and operator of the Jumping Cow Ranch.

The winner of the District 3 primary in June will face democrat Barbara Miller in November’s general election.

In addition to nominating candidates, delegates voted on six resolutions offered

at the county caucuses on March 1.The delegates considered resolutions

regarding court adjudication, Second Amendment rights, opposition to Amend-ment 69 (Colorado Care), a conditional article imposing fi scal restraints on the federal government, reinstating presiden-tial primaries in Colorado, and respect for others in the conduct of political cam-paigns.

The approved resolutions will be for-warded to the State Assembly in Colorado Springs for consideration.

As many as 156 delegates and 150 alternates were part of a crowd of more than 400 Republicans at the Elbert County Fairgrounds for the Republican County Assembly on March 19. Photo by Rick Gustafson

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WINNING WORDS

Who are you voting for?That is the question that we are all being

asked.The other question is: “What are you

voting for?”Now here is my question for you: “How

have you been responding?”As you all know, this is not a politically

motivated column; its intent is to share a positive and encouraging message of some kind each week. And consistent with my weekly theme, I will attempt to shed a positive and encouraging point of view in contrast to the “Yikes” response that most people have been giving when responding to the question about who and what they are voting for.

In my line of work I travel quite a bit domestically and also engage with many international associates and clients. It is one thing to engage in a conversation with folks right here in the United States about the candidates and potential outcomes, but it is even more interesting to have a discus-sion with people outside of the United States and their view and line of question-ing when it comes to the perceived lunacy of what is taking place with our presidential election.

The fact is, we will never all agree on the same party, nor will we ever endorse the same candidate, and most likely we will be unable to come to an agreement on the is-sues that are being debated and challenged by both sides. But here is where we can get our head around the chaos and start think-

ing about the reality of the situation in a posi-tive and encouraging way. You see, it’s not just the candidates and the campaigns that are misaligned, it is the system that is broken. And that is the good news.

Good news? Yes, good news.

It is good news because the United States will still be the greatest nation on earth. The president is really just the voice

and face of our nation, and whoever is in offi ce will surround himself or herself with smart advisers who should and will help guide the country, continue to defend our shores and borders, and help us maintain our prominence in the world while adher-ing to our benevolent nature in support of our allies and all people around the globe.

Some of you will point to the candidate’s position on taxation, others will focus on immigration, our economy, education, health care, our military and hundreds of other issues. And you are all welcome to your opinion and position. And while we stay focused on these issues and the advis-ers and Cabinet members actually develop the plans and execute the strategy, the pres-ident of the United States will meet world

leaders, give well-written speeches, and be seen as the voice and face of our nation.

Do some have a better presence than others? Are a few of the candidates a little more “presidential?” Sure, the answer is yes to both of those questions. So for me, my positive outlook and encouragement to go about my day-to-day life is focused on what the people behind the scenes will be doing, not so much on the man or woman voted in as the new POTUS. Technically, of course, he or she will be the commander-in-chief, and will work tireless hours, but in our day and age nothing is ever solely decided by the president. Television and movies help us buy into the concept that the president does actually make those big decisions in dramatic fashion, but the reality is that every decision made is a decision by com-mittee, not one person.

Maybe this will strike a nerve with you, maybe you agree with me in this “Yikes” of an election year, and maybe you will completely disagree with me. But it is the system that is broken, not the people. It’s the system that is broken, not you and not me. And I would love to hear all about it at [email protected], because when we realize that we will still be the greatest nation on earth regardless of who wins, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corpo-ration, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

Don’t let madness lead to sadness

Singles were always a dollar. I could afford a dollar.

My allowance was 50 cents a week.Albums were more like $4. I rarely bought

albums. I just couldn’t afford them.I would rather not tell you about the fi rst

single I ever bought. It was a hit, but it was a one-hit wonder, and now I think it’s some-what humiliating.

I think you would immediately move on to another columnist.

It could have been Buddy Holly and the Crickets, but it wasn’t.

It could have been the Everly Brothers, but it wasn’t.

It wasn’t “Old Rivers” by Walter Brennan. It wasn’t that bad.

But my fi rst album was and is a gem.At the time a performer or a group gener-

ally didn’t record an album until they had two hits.

One would go on side one, and the other one would go on side two.

Typically the rest of the songs were junk. Not always.

A Buddy Holly and the Crickets album could have four or fi ve hits on it.

The same goes for the Everly Brothers.If a performer or a group had a few years

of success, out would come a greatest hits album.

The fi rst album I ever owned was “Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits.”

Horton had a monster in 1959.It was Billboard’s number one song that

year.“The Battle of New Orleans.”It’s inconceivable that it would be a Top 40

hit these days, but in 1959 it was all over the place.

Then came “Sink the Bismarck” and “North to Alaska.”

Those three songs were why I bought the album.

I never listen to them now. But there are two songs on the album that I still listen to, on an iTunes playlist.

Horton was only 35 when he died in an auto accident caused by a drunk driver.

Not long before his death, Horton, who was a rockabilly and country music star, called Johnny Cash to chat, but Cash refused the call.

It was something that Cash regretted for

the rest of his life.Cash dedicated

one of the songs I am going to tell you about to Horton on his “Personal File” album.

Horton’s hits were almost novelty records, and don’t really stand up today.

“North to Alas-ka” was used in a fi lm with the same name. It starred John Wayne.

It also featured a teen idol named

Fabian, who couldn’t sing and he couldn’t act, but he was cute.

That album sure was lonely.My allowance increased and I was able to

begin to build a collection.The collection grew and was alphabetized,

until my basement fl ooded in 2003, and most of it was damaged.

It’s hard for me to imagine anyone being sentimental about the hip-hop rubbish that’s prevalent now — in another 40 years.

The two songs that I listen to with fond-ness are “Whispering Pines” and “When It’s Springtime in Alaska.”

Horton’s clear, rich voice stands out in both of them.

They both tell stories, but not as mundane-ly as “Battle of New Orleans.”

There’s a new station in town that beats KBCO.

It’s Open Air at 102.3.Most of the time they play eclectic new

music. The playlists are wonderful. It’s a leg of Colorado Public Radio, so there are no com-mercials.

Now and then they play something that is totally unexpected. A song from the past, that wasn’t a big hit, but was nevertheless great.

Like “Whispering Pines,” which I heard one night. And went back to junior high with a smile.

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

Taken back in time by a voice from the past

The idea of prosperity is changing. For example, being a millionaire or having a college degree used to mean you were exceptional. But now it feels like true affl uence is a moving target. Prosperity by defi nition refers to fi nancial success. Therefore it is rela-tive. You may only feel prosperous in

comparison to someone less fortunate.From the 1980s through the end of the

20th century, most Americans expected their prosperity to improve automatically. Certainly each generation since World War II proved to be better off than their parents. However, that pattern is chang-ing.

A prosperous retirement may have meant a gold watch and a pension … both things of the past. A successful rate of return in investments used to mean about a 10 percent return per year. This is another bygone. Fifty years ago, owning your own home (usually your fi rst home) was a reasonable goal. But that likely meant not moving to something better every few years.

Today prosperity is measured in differ-ent ways. Perhaps getting student loans paid off or keeping a job long enough to be vested in the 401(k) plan are signs of fi nancial success. Having unlimited fi nan-cial resources may make you rich, but if your health is failing and your family is estranged, do you feel prosperous?

These shifts should cause investors to

Regarding prosperity, think about priorities

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Students can look at 360-degree pho-tos of different scenes.

On a tablet, the teacher has view-points they can tap which will put ar-rows in the frame so students can look at something specific they are talking about.

“It’s cool because you are discovering things that you can’t go in,” second-grade student Riley Mankin said.

Google Cardboard is available for home use and costs about $10. It is able to work with different downloadable smartphone apps, such as one from Discovery.

However, the classroom version, with the Expeditions software that is able to be controlled by a teacher, is not yet available for purchase.

Google has not yet set a price point

for the product, but Blair said it would be available to purchase beginning this summer.

“As soon as it’s available for purchase we hope to buy some sets that we can

check out to schools,” Blair said. “Or if they want, schools will be able to buy some to own themselves.”

Frontier Valley Principal Kim Seefried said she hopes to purchase a set for her students.

“I would love to have a school set that our science teachers can utilize as well as other teachers,” Seefried said. “I see

the potential for this in terms of getting kids to go someplace they can’t physically go—giving them exposure to things that they haven’t been able to have before.”

Her students are on board.“This is really fun. I want to do it

again,” said second-grade student Amanda Timmons.” I’d like to go to the jungle or up in the sky to see birds.”


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Victoria Engel, 2, loads up her uncon-ventional Easter basket at the Elbert County Coalition Outreach’s Easter Egg Hunt. The annual event, nor-mally held at Fawn Valley park, was forced into ECCO’s Thrift Store because of weather. Photo by Rick Gus-tafson

families showed up just as ECCO’s thrift store opened on Saturday morn-ing with kids bundled up for winter — boots replaced bonnets, winter coats in place of dresses.

Many of the younger children ran to the first bags they could find, but others, like 5-year-old Bradley Barn-hart, deployed a strategy of search and swap for the fullest bag they could find.

Witucki said that the event typi-cally draws anywhere from 50 to 100 children each year depending on the weather, so her crew spent a good part of the day on Friday and Satur-day morning stuffing grocery bags with around two dozen eggs each and stashing the bags throughout the thrift store.

In addition to the eggs filled with candy, gum, and pennies, each child was allowed to pick a book from the children’s rack and the older kids selected from a selection of chapter books. In addition, they received a $1 coupon good for any item in the thrift store.

As an incentive for parents to bring the plastic eggs to the store after the Easter Holiday, Witucki is offering a second coupon for each bag of eggs recycled to the store. The eggs will be used next year when Easter falls nearly three weeks later, and her hope is to return to a streak of good weather.

The egg hunt is sponsored by ECCO, the town of Kiowa, and the Kiowa Merchant Association.


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seek different opportunities than in the past. Look what has happened to health insurance. Most companies no longer offer retiree benefits and many employ-ers reduced their contribution to group health plans. Prosperity for me would be a good, affordable health-care plan.

Many Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t think they will ever retire. They might not care about a big house or a paid-off car, but high-speed Internet, Pandora, Twitter and Netflix are abso-lute necessities. A pension plan will be obsolete for them as they may not want to retire if they are mobile and can work from anywhere at any time of the day or night.

Investors should shift their focus to what will make life easier, simpler and healthier. Having a bigger house or a fancy car may not be as important as liv-ing space on one floor and Uber on your speed dial.

It is no longer important that the banks don’t pay interest on a savings account. Many people don’t use brick and mortar banks. They can pay bills, transfer money and apply for loans from their phone. They can open a money market from an institution in the cloud with no employees

and no phone number.Businesses should think about what

will be obsolete in the future. Phone systems, large office space, desktop computers and copy machines will go by the wayside. Digital storage and software systems are taking the place of file cabi-nets, calendars and notepads. The iPad is replacing textbooks.

Think about what makes you feel prosperous. Is it a large bank account or a large group of friends? Is it being able to give your kids money or teach them how to be self-sufficient?

Look for opportunities for nontradi-tional housing, for those kids with student loans or empty nesters. Seek preventive health care; opportunities to learn at any age; and the ability to use technology to be better. These are things that empower you, that are largely in your control and will likely make you happier. These are the types of ideas that will fuel future invest-ing.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent certified financial planner for 29 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strate-gies Inc., a registered investment advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www.kummerfinancial.com for more information or call the economic hotline at 303-683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.


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Father John Armstrong adjusts the candle on one of the icons at St. Herman Orthodox Church in Littleton. He explained the Orthodox Church uses a different calendar and will celebrate Easter on May 1. Photo by Tom Munds

Churches prepare for Easter

The Orthodox Church adopted a modi�ed calendar, which includes our way to set the date for Lent, Holy Week and Easter.” — Father John Armstrong, St. Herman Orthodox Church in Littleton“

What about the bunny?By Tom [email protected]

For many children in the United States and around the world, Easter is a time for the great white bunny, fancy baskets, and lots of candy and goodies.

According to the History Channel website, www.history.com, the origins of a rabbit bringing goodies are vague, but throughout history, the rabbit has been the symbol of fertility and life, and the egg is a symbol of new life associated with spring festivals.

Churches and communities hold egg hunts for children, providing the opportunity to scoop up colored eggs, candy and goodies.

One of the biggest events in the nation is the annual egg roll at the White House in Washing-ton, D.C. This year’s event will be March 28, and 35,000 are expected to attend.

Easter baskets, dye for real eggs, plastic eggs and tons of candy are purchased every year. Ac-cording to the History Channel, more candy is sold at Easter than for any other holiday except Halloween.

Here are some numbers from the website Infoplease.com:

• $2.3 billion was spent on Easter candy in 2014.

• 90 million chocolate bunnies are sold in a typical year.

• 700 million marshmallow Peeps are sold in a typical year.

• Just over three-fourths of Americans are in favor of eating the ears of a chocolate bunny first, according to a poll by the Statistical Brain Research Institute.

Local congregations mark holiday in different waysBy Tom [email protected]

Christian congregations around the world are amid Holy Week observances leading up to Easter, which is March 27 this year.

“Holy Week and Easter are cornerstones of our Christian faith. The events of Holy Week define who we are and why we follow Jesus Christ,” said Monsignor Tom Fryar of St. Thomas More Catholic Church. “Good Friday is a time to remember the suffering of Je-sus, and Easter is the time to celebrate the resurrection.”

St. Thomas More is one of the largest Catholic churches in the south metro area. The church at 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial, began its Holy Week obser-vances on March 20, Palm Sunday.

On March 26, the vigil of Easter is planned.

“The church is in darkness, and

we start outside where there is a fire,” Fryar said. “We light our candles from the fire and bring light into the church. It is a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus overcoming the darkness of sin.”

On Easter Sunday, St. Thomas More will celebrate Mass at 10 different times, starting at 6:30 a.m.

T.J. Harris is pastor of Mosaic Church at 4101 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. He said the church tries to

plan activities that reach out with additional blessings to the com-munity. He said the blessings planned this year include an egg hunt March 26 at 10 a.m. at Cherrelyn Elementary School, 4550 S. Lincoln St. Harris said 10,000 eggs will be spread around the area for an event that

is free and open to the public.“Like most churches, we have a

lot people at our Easter services,” he said. “We plan to use drama, dance, painting and video in this

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year’s services as we try to connect people to God in ways they have never experienced before.”

One of the largest Easter services is the sunrise service held at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison.

“I have attended the sunrise services at Red Rocks the last two years,” said Wheat Ridge resident Anna Torres. “It is such a wonderful, inspirational service. Singing and praying as the sun rises reminds us of what Easter and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus means.”

The event is sponsored and

organized by the Colorado Council of Churches. There are 22 churches joining forces for this year’s event, including Arvada United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church of Englewood and St. Luke United Methodist Church of Highlands Ranch.

This marks the 69th year for the Red Rocks event. Last year, the sunrise service drew a record 14,000 people, and an additional 7,000 watched online.

Parking and admission are free. Gates open at 4:30 a.m., with ser-vices beginning at 6 a.m. and usually lasting about an hour.

Not all Christian churches cel-ebrate Easter this year on March 27. Orthodox congregations like those who attend St. Herman Orthodox

Church at 991 W. Prentice Ave., Little-ton, will celebrate Easter on May 1.

“The Orthodox Church adopted a modified calendar, which includes our way to set the date for Lent, Holy Week and Easter,” Father John Arm-strong of St. Herman explained.

Armstrong said the services Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Holy Week are focused on marking the death and resurrection of Jesus. There is a Good Friday service with the church draped in dark colors and the doors to the altar closed. On Sat-urday at midnight, the congregation gathers to celebrate the resurrec-tion. The nighttime service includes marching three times around the church and, when the worship is over, moving to the fellowship hall for a feast.


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With the hint of spring comes the De-pot Art Gallery’s annual “Art for Less than $100” sale, through April 24. Once a year, Depot art-ists, members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, offer work at a fraction of actual price. And if you buy a piece, you can take it home

and the Guild will replace it in the show with something of equal value. (So it’s worth more than one visit!) Oil paintings, watercolors, photography, pastels and pottery and jewelry are in-cluded. The Depot is at 2069 W. Pow-ers, Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free. 303-795-0781.

Sculptures will grace Botanic Gardens“Stories in Sculpture,” selections

from the Walker Art Center Minneap-olis Sculpture Garden, will be placed throughout the Denver Botanic Gardens from April 29 to Oct. 2, while the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden undergoes the first major reconstruc-tion project since it opened in 1988. Artists include Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, George Segal, Saul Baizerman, Deborah But-terfield, Barry Flanagan and Judith Shea. More on this exhibit when it opens. Botanicgardens.org.

Untitled Friday“Risky Business” is the title for the

March “Untitled” Friday event from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Denver Art Museum on March 25. The events, held the last Friday of the month, include tours led by non-art experts; “Joan and Charlie discuss Tonight’s Theme,” in which Buntport actors discuss a painting from the modern and contemporary

collection; MakeARTtalk, with local creatives producing a new work and sharing ideas; and “Off the Record,” with DAM staff telling behind-the-scenes stories about the collection. Free for members, general admission for others, two-for-one admission for students with ID. Denverartmuseum.org.

Concert collaborationThe Colorado Wind Ensemble and

the Queen City Jazz Band will collabo-rate in a concert called “Playing With Fire” at 7:30 p.m. on April 2 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Da-tura St., Littleton. It will be repeated at 3 p.m. April 3 at the King Center, Auraria Campus. Tickets: $5-$15.

Remembering the Titanic“A First Class Affair Titanic Dinner,”

with a seven-course meal, accompa-nied by live music, is planned to let guests dine with Molly Brown herself at the Historic Molly Brown House Museum, 1340 Pennsylvania St., Denver, at 6 p.m. April 9. Reservations: 303-832-4092, $120 members/$130 nonmembers.

Mouse storyThe E.B. White classic tale about

a mouse named Stuart Little, who is born into a New York family and has ongoing adventures, comes to the PACE Center stage April 6 to 9. Location: 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker. Public performances: April 8 at 6:30 p.m. and April 9 at 10 a.m. (Other performances are for schoolchildren.) Tickets: $12. 303-805-6800.

Auditions setTeen actors interested in partici-

pating in South Suburban’s Summer Park Tour of “Alice in Wonderland” will want to note an audition time of April 9, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Buck Center Theater, 2004 W. Powers Ave. in Littleton. You must be free to tour the week of June 14-17. Have a 60-second monologue memorized. If chosen, register for the class, which will be held at the Buck Center and various parks. (Van transportation provided for the actors.) Must call for audition appointment, 303-347-5999. Class fee: $79 for South Suburban Parks and Recreation District residents/$90 non-residents.

Artists and buyers connect at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton, where there is an exhibit of “Art for Less than $100” at present. Photo by Peggy Dietz

Artwork won’t bust your budget

A look at King“The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall plays through April

17 in the black box theater at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Directed by Gavin Mayer. Pro-logues offering historical context and facts about the play will start 45 minutes before every performance. Perfor-mances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets: 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

At the Edge“Getting Out” by Marsha Norman plays through April 3

at the Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Directed by Rick Yaconis. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays, theedgetheater.com, 303-232-0363.

Pulitzer winner“Rabbit Hole” by David Lindsay Abaire plays through

April 17 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Di-

rected by Bernie Cardell. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays (no performance March 27). Tickets, $24-$30, 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com.

First of trilogy“Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue” by Quiara Alegria Hudes, is

the fi rst of the “Elliot Plays” with the other two to follow in the next year at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Performances: through April 23, 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fri-days, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Directed by Chip Walton. Talkback with artists and staff will follow performances. Tickets start at $18, 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.

Some enchanted evening …“South Pacifi c” by Rodgers and Hammerstein plays

through May 8 at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown, just south of historic John-son’s Corner. Performances: Thursdays April 7 and 14, Sat-urdays, dinner seating at noon, show at 1:30 p.m.; Thurs-days, Fridays, Saturdays, dinner seating at 6 p.m. show at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, dinner seating at 12:30 p.m., show at 2 p.m. Tickets: coloradocandlelight.com, 970-744-3747.


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EventsDaniels Park Cleanup

Volunteers will work to clean up Daniels Park, just in time for New Hope Presbyte-rian Church’s Sunrise Service on Easter morning at the park. The cleanup is from 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday, March 26. A Denver Park Service member will be there to give a safety briefi ng and provide trash grabbers and bags. Volunteers must be at the safety briefi ng. All ages are welcome, but children must be closely supervised by their parents. Breakfast burritos, coffee and doughnuts will be provided. Bring work gloves, boots or sturdy closed-toed shoes, long pants, a long-sleeve shirt and a water bottle. Volunteers are asked to sign up so the church knows how many supplies to bring. To sign up, contact Dorothy Smith at [email protected] or 303-814-9207. Go to www.families4hope.com.

Easter at Thrive

Thrive Church presents four Easter wor-

ship experiences at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Mammoth Heights Elementary School, 9500 Stonegate Park-way, Parker. Festivities include Easter egg hunts, candy and prizes for the children, along with Starbucks and Krispy Kreme doughnuts for the adults. Go to www.thrivechurch.com/easter-at-thrive. Thrive Church is led by pastors Jacob and Hannah Ouellette.

South Metro Community Blood Drives

A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For in-formation or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfi ls Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfi ls.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Sunday, March 27, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock; Thursday, March 31, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m., Castle Rock Adventist Health Cam-pus, 2350 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock.

Deeble Performs

Comedy juggler David Deeble performs at 7:30 p.m. April 1 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Tickets are available at www.tickets.amazingshows.com. Park-ing is free. Theatre of Dreams also presents its annual Wizard Camp from 9:30 a.m. to noon June 20-23, July 11-14 and Aug. 1-4. Cost includes all supplies and a recital

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Dramatic storytelling in a new exhibit at the Denver Art Museum includes exqui-site craftsmanship, huge murals created from Japanese woodcuts, fi erce-looking armored warriors, war regalia and a sense of pageantry.

“At fi rst, it sounds like wild warriors — ninja — but actually, they were sophis-ticated. Compare them to the Renais-sance,” said museum director Christoph Heinrich as he introduced the recently opened “Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection,” which has taken over the second-fl oor main gallery.

He also introduced the Dallas-based owners of the collection, which contains 140 objects from their more than 800 total items of samurai armor and accoutre-ments, including elaborate horse trap-pings. They date from the 1100s through 1800s.

The exhibit has been on tour in Europe and the U.S. for fi ve years.

Gabriel Barbier-Mueller spoke of a visit to the Wallace Collection in London at age 14, when he fi rst saw a samurai fi gure in armor. Later, he saw an exhibit in Paris — and bought his fi rst suit of armor, which has grown to 800 pieces.

“They were banished from the house to space in offi ce buildings where we have a museum,” he said. “We want to share them with children …” He was happy to see the many children visiting the muse-um on the day of the press tour, March 3.

Jiao Tianlong, the museum’s new curator of Asian art, also interpreted the exhibit, which runs through June 5.

Figures are in glass cases, carefully lighted. On the far side, there is a display

of masks, representing Japanese “other-ness,” Barbier-Mueller said.

“They went from mounted archers to fi ghting with bullets. The suits all collapse into the chest armor for travel,” he con-tinued. “The second half (of the exhibit) is about beauty as the samurai became statesmen …”

He focused on the ornate helmets: each has a round bowl, “big on design.” Included: a scallop shell, dorsal fi n, crested wave, deer antlers, a rhino horn, a seal’s head and more — each a work of art. Later ones were infl uenced by contact

with “barbarians,” Portuguese, Spaniards …

Tianlong spoke of the samurais’ need for utter control over the mind. They incorporated images of deities in the ar-mor to gain spiritual power. “The unique warrior class continued into the late 19th century,” he said, “involved in politics and culture, contributing to Japanese art, with respect for art and literature …”

The education department at the mu-seum has planned a Japanese Just for Fun Family Center in the Duncan Pavilion in the North Building. The wall there shows

off a new mural of downtown Tokyo and there are giant components for compos-ing your own Japanese garden, stone sculptures to balance, equipment to make your mark and add to an ink-paint-ed screen, to design and wear a samurai-inspired helmet and try on pieces of Samurai armor to learn how complicated it was to get dressed.

There is also a new Tactile Table, which will be available on the second Friday and Saturday of the month (next: April 8 and 9). Tactile artist Ann Cunningham, who teaches at the School for the Blind in Littleton, has developed exhibit items and was working on carving clay for a patterned piece of costume/armor when we visited. The docents will be trained to share the exhibit with visitors.

Include this magical show in a spring break museum visit: March 19 to April 3. Also available to aid in interpretation: an audio guide is issued with each ticket, with commentary for children and adults; label copy booklets in Spanish, large print and Braille.

Nimaitachido tosei gusoko armor, mid-Edo period, late 18th century; iron, leather, gold, bronze and copper. Kaen kabuto (fl ame helmet) represents hiju no tama (the fl aming jewel). Made by Unkai Mitsuhisa. Courtesy photo

Samurai armor goes on display in Denver IF YOU GOThe Denver Art Museum is on 12th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock Street. The samurai exhibit is time-ticketed at an extra fee above general admission, and tickets can be reserved in advance. See denverartmuseum.org.

On April 12 at 6:30 p.m., Andreas Marks from the Minneapolis Institute of Art will give a lecture titled “Lethal Beauty — Design Elements in Samurai Suits of Armor” in the Sharp auditorium. Free, but reservation required: email [email protected], or call 720-913-0040.

Enjoy the Samurai Shop as you exit the exhibit.

show for the family. Go to www.Amazing-Shows.com.

Monthly Adult Lecture Series

The Parker Cultural and Scientifi c Com-mission sponsors talks on topics that impact Colorado and Douglas County residents. The intent of these talks is to increase the understanding of how science and technology address issues facing the community. RSVP required; call the PACE Center box offi ce at 303-805-6800. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Thursday, April 7, What Does Your DNA Have To Say? A general discussion on big data and biology with guest speaker Dr. Michael Edwards, assistant professor of medicine, Univer-sity of Colorado Denver. The information contained in our DNA can be used to trace ancestry across the planet, to convict someone of murder or to predict the potential for a terminal disease later on in life. This lecture will attempt to summarize the state of genetic analysis and to explain how all this information will completely change the way we do science and medi-cine in the future. Thursday, May 5, Living with Wildlife. Mary K. McCormac, educa-tion and watchable wildlife coordinator (Northeast Region), will lead a discussion on how and why human-wildlife confl icts happen, how to minimize potential prob-lems, and how to protect wild animals, people and pets.


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ELIZABETH CARDINALS BASEBALLElizabeth 14, Weld Central 13Elizabeth won the March 16 home conference game.Key performers: Corbin Klop-penberg went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Kyle Savikas went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, a triple and three runs scored.

Elizabeth 8, Weld Central 6Elizabeth won its season opener in the March 15 away game.Key performers: Dusty Lawson went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs. Garret Warren had fi ve stolen bases. On the mound in 5.2 inning pitches, Lawson threw four strikeouts. Freshman Tyler Richardson threw fi ve strikeouts in 3.1 in-nings pitched.

GIRLS SOCCERElizabeth 10, Gateway 0Elizabeth shut out Gateway in the March 17 nonconference away game.Key performers: Meri Sandy and Erika Reidmuller each scored three goals. Reilly Blakeslee scored two goals and Anisa Samhouri and Summer

Hatch each scored one.

Elizabeth 2, Pueblo County 2The March 12 nonconference home game for Elizabeth ended in a tie.

Key performers: Goals scorers were Meri Sandy and Summer Hatch. Goalkeeper Megan Rey-her had seven saves.

Elizabeth 5, Woodlands Park 1Elizabeth outscored Woodlands Park in the season opener non-conference away game March 10.Key performers: Reilly Blakeslee scored two goals. Other goals scorers were Erika Reidmuller, Alex Stabler and Summer Hatch. Goalkeeper Megan Reyher had fi ve saves.

TRACK AND FIELDElizabeth competed in the Early Bird Invitational March 12 in Pueblo.Key performers: First-place fi nishers were: Lj Robinson, 100 meters; Jacob Morse; 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles; the 4x200-meter boys relay team; Tegan Alexander, 100 meters and 200 meters; and the 4x100-meter girls relay team.

KIOWA/SIMLA BASEBALLKiowa/Simla 9, Limon 5 The combined baseball team earned a victory in its season-opener against Limon, a non-conference road game March 15.Key performers: Senior

Kasey Nusbaum went 2-for-3 with a double, one run and one RBI. Freshman Brody Schneider went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Senior Riley Lopez knocked in two runs on one hit. Junior Skeet Ericson struck out fi ve batters.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

OngoingAffordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women fi nd and secure fi nancial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholar-ships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the fi nancial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industry-specifi c scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at www.affordablecollegesonline.org/womens-guide-paying-for-college/.

Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ As-sociation meets at 9 a.m. every fi rst Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Cham-bers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

The Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse is a nonprofi t volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Offi ce. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriff’s Offi ce, all law enforce-ment in our county, and the community at large. For more information or a membership applica-tion, go to www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

Elizabeth American Legion Post 82, a 96-year veterans association supporting veterans, their families, their survivors and the community, meets at 6:30 p.m. the fi rst Tuesday of each month at the Legion Post Hall at South Banner Street and Elm Street in Elizabeth. All veterans are invited to attend these meetings to learn of their eligibility for membership in the National American Legion Organization.

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

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Clubsoverwhelmed by life. Since it is just forming, the group will evolve to fi t the needs of the par-ticipants. Group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturdays at 34061 Forest Park Drive, in the lower level of Elizabeth Family Health. Leaders are Mary, 720-638-9770, and Karen, 303-243-3658, and both welcome phone calls. Group participation is free, and building is accessible.

Kiowa Creek Food Pantry is a distribution site for the State of Colorado TEFAP food program. Food is distributed monthly to low income individuals/families that qualify. We also distribute low income senior food boxes for the state; those 60 and older may qualify for a monthly supplement. If you are in need of food assistance or know someone who is, we may be able to qualify you for one of these programs. Call the food pantry for more information at 303-621-2376, or come by from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; we are located in the Fellow-ship Hall at 231 Cheyenne Street, Kiowa.

Lawyers at the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fi ll out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil liti-gation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are wel-come. Everyone will be helped on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.

Mystery Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the fi rst Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registra-tion is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email [email protected].

The Outback Express is a public transit ser-vice provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to

all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an eco-nomical and effi cient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG offi ce at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit www.outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Craft-ing Club is open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. We meet regularly throughout the month on various weekday eve-nings and weekends. Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery). Contact Alison Collins at 720-212-4788 for information or fi nd us online at www.meetup.com/Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth-Paper-Crafting-Club/

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

Sky Cliff Adult Day Center Support Groups: Stoke Victors meets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month. Lunch is provided. Contact Sue Parson, 303-814-2863. Evening Stroke Victors meets from 6-7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Cookies and coffee provided. Contact Sue Parson, 303-814-2863. Caregivers Support Group meets from 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays. All groups meet at Sky Cliff Adult Day Center in Castle Rock. Contact Sky Cliff at 303-814-2863. Visit www.skycliff.org.

Therapeutic riding. Promise Ranch Thera-peutic Riding in Parker offers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled adults and children. Scholarship money is available for Douglas County residents to provide 10 thera-peutic riding lessons. Call 303-841-5007 or visit www.promiseranchtherapeuticriding.com.

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

VFW Post 4266, serving veterans of foreign wars in Parker, Castle Pines and Castle Rock areas, meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Pinery Fire Station, Com-munity Room Lower Level, 8170 N. Hillcrest Way, Parker. Go to www.vfwpost4266.org. P.O. Box 4266, Parker, CO 80134. On Facebook at VFW Post 4266, Parker.

Women’s Divorce Workshop covers the legal, fi nancial and social issues of divorce and is presented the fourth Saturday of each month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road, Parker. Meet in the community room. Check in from 8-8:30 a.m.; workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources. Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action

steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attor-ney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. For information, contact 303-210-2607 or [email protected].

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If you’ll be hosting friends and family to honor Easter this year, make your gathering as

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Make Brunch a BreezeSkip the stress this Easter with these

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5. Create beautiful and tasty accents for your buffet in minutes with pretty bowls or platters filled with colorful, seasonal fruit.

Easy Brunch OmeletMakes: 4 portionsToppingsmushroomschorizo, bacon or hamcherry tomatoesspring onionsherbs

Omelet8 eggs8 tablespoons water or milk salt, to tastepepper, to taste2 tablespoons butter8 slices Jarlsberg Cheese8 slices ham

Prepare toppings. Fry mush-rooms and chorizo, bacon or ham; cut cherry tomatoes and spring onions.

To make omelet, crack eggs in bowl and add water, salt and pepper. Whisk eggs until they turn a pale yellow color, about 25-35 whisks.

Heat frying pan on medium heat and melt butter. When butter is bubbly, add about one quarter of the egg batter. This will make one of four omelets. When batter starts setting, move hardened parts toward the middle, enabling the rest to get direct heat as well. Use a gentle hand to avoid scram-bled eggs. When batter starts to look cooked, add cheese and meat and flip omelet over. The omelet should be slightly golden on fried side and a little runny and soft in the middle.

Finally, put omelet on plate and add garnish before serv-ing.

Puff Pastry SwirlsMakes: 4 portions4 ready-rolled puff pastry sheets1 cup grated Jarlsberg Cheese2 sprigs fresh rosemary, choppedpepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees.On lightly floured work sur-

face, roll out pastry sheets into 8-by-4-inch rectangles. Mix grated cheese, rosemary and pepper. Spread mixture over puff pastry. Roll up each pastry rectangle from short end. Press edges firmly together to seal roll.

Slice each roll into 2-inch thick slices. Place face down on baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Tip: To make swirls rise more, don’t roll out pastry with rolling pin.

These brunch staples start as

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By Tom Skelley Special to Colorado Community Media

It’s Tuesday night at Family Sports Center on Arapahoe Road. An intermittent droning throbs from planes descending into Centennial Airport. Men leave their cars, SUVs and pickup trucks and walk through the doors of the Sports Dome, some on their own, some in groups of two or three. By day, their occupations range from teachers to executives to laborers.

But tonight, they are warriors.And they come from as far away as

Colorado Springs to play in South Subur-ban Parks and Recreation’s weekly Adult Recreational Lacrosse League, now in its fourth season at the Sports Dome and open to anyone 18 or older.

“It’s a good time. It’s a pretty tight-knit group,” said John Regan, a member of the military in his 30s. “As long as you can fi nd a league, you can jump in and immedi-ately have a connection there.”

The interior of the 45,000-square-foot dome at 6959 South Peoria St., Centennial, is reminiscent of an airplane hangar, with its ceiling arched high above the AstroTurf and airport noise fi ltering through the walls. Despite the brown landscape of win-ter outside, the fi eld inside is green and the air is warm, with a faint but distinct aroma of rubber. What isn’t clear is whether the smell is coming off the synthetic turf or the solid rubber balls whizzing through the air as players snap bullet passes to each other and fi re shots at nets on either side of the fi eld.

As the game starts, the buzzing of planes is muted by the pounding of run-ning feet and clacking of carbon fi ber sticks as players charge across the fi eld, whacking at opponents to dislodge the ball.

The aggressive action highlights the minimal protective gear the players wear — a helmet, gloves, elbow pads and as a few players mentioned, a cup. It also makes it diffi cult to believe these guys don’t actually want to kill each other.

“The players here have developed a community, everybody gets along,” said Brad Stafford, supervisor of Sports Pro-gramming at the Sports Dome. “We don’t really have any problems among the teams.”

Regan, who traded a baseball mitt for a lacrosse stick in high school and never looked back, agreed.

“Everyone’s got to go to work in the

morning,” Regan said. “No one’s trying to break arms out here.”

Sure enough, players help each other up as quickly as they knock each other down throughout the game. They all shake hands when it’s over, and as soon as jerseys come off the smiles they wear make it impossible to separate opponents from teammates.

Outside the dome, it wouldn’t be easy to distinguish a lacrosse enthusiast from any other recreational athlete. But the players will tell you they’re a unique group.

“I guess you could say the culture” is dif-ferent, Stafford said.

“I’ve heard that everywhere,” said Colorado Springs resident Nicola Bevac-qua, who began playing youth lacrosse on

the East Coast. “It’s a different breed. I love the lacrosse community. I don’t think there are better athletes, blue-collar people who want to have some fun, get together. Yeah, they can party.”

Jared Lustig, the Sports Dome’s athletic coordinator, said the common trait among lacrosse players he manages is their relaxed attitude toward an intense sport.

“Each sport has their own culture, for sure,” Lustig said. “I’d say (lacrosse players) are more laid back. They’re out there to have fun and get a good workout in.”

Though lacrosse lacks the popularity of the “big fi ve” sports — football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer — Stafford expects that to change.

“I think lacrosse is… defi nitely one of the most quickly growing sports, among youth and adults as well,” Stafford said.

Statistics back Stafford up. In a 2013 study, U.S. Lacrosse, the sport’s Baltimore-based governing body, found that partici-pation across age groups almost tripled between 2001 (253,931 players) and 2013 (749,859 players.) High school athletes totaled 290,046, and children age 15 and younger comprised the largest segment of the total at 403,770, suggesting a promising future for lacrosse in the United States.

Two people on the fi eld every Tuesday who would like to see more players get into the action are referees Steve Villarreal and Daniel Dureski. Villarreal has been of-fi ciating lacrosse games for 35 years while Dureski is in his fi rst season.

“It’s a great league to join because all skill levels are welcomed,” Dureski said.

“You get out in the middle of the week,” Villarreal said, “and you get to be with your friends and have a little fun.”

He smiled.And he said, “It beats watching televi-

sion on a Tuesday night.”

Kevin O’Brien, left, cradles the ball as Jon Mattes-Ritz tries to hack the ball away in a recreational lacrosse game at the Family Sports Center’s Sports Dome in Centennial on March 8. Photos by Tom Skelley

Lacrosse not lacking in spirited athleticism

Everyone’s got to go to work in the morning. No one’s trying to break arms out here.”

John Regan, Lacrosse player“


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The Elizabeth School District is acceptingBids for Re-Roof of the Singing Hills ES;41012 Madrid Drive, Parker, CO. Bidpackage and required bond are due by11:00AM on April 12, 2016.

A mandatory pre-bid site conference willbe held on March 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM atSinging Hills ES | 41012 Madrid Drive |Parker, CO

Electronic (.pdf) Bid Documents will bedistributed only at this conference.

A 5% Bid Bond must accompany bid;successful bidder must furnish a Labor &Material Payment and Performance Bond.For information - [email protected].


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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The week prom-ises a calmer aspect. Although there might be some lingering effects of a recent job problem, things should continue to ease up. Also expect a change in a home-based situation.

TAURUS (April 30 to May 20) If you feel un-easy about a colleague’s suggestion, it might be that your wise inner Taurean guide is alert-ing you to a potential problem. Stepping away could turn out to be the right thing to do.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A family get-to-gether opens up new opportunities for renew-ing ties. It can be especially effective in dealing with disagreements that should have been, but never were, fully resolved.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might be surprised at the response you get to a recent decision. You might be even more surprised by the reasons behind it. In any event, you’ll learn something important.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your aspects favor resolving any tensions left over from a recent incident. You might want to consider having a “clear the air” talk as soon as you can. A call can lead to a change of plans.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Avoid repeating yourself. If your first few efforts fail to connect, maybe it’s because you haven’t found the right way to get your message across. Try changing your approach.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Good intentions plus a strong resolve to succeed can take you where you want to go. Don’t give up just because someone suggests you might be pursuing an impossible cause.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) An unexpected setback can be a blessing in dis-guise. Use it to recheck your facts and how you’ve presented them. Meanwhile, look for ways to expand your contacts.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You should finally be seeing a positive change in a recent personal situation. How-ever, an on-the-job matter might need more attention than you realized. Stay with it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) While you should be close to completing an important matter, you still need to focus on being focused. But things ease up in time for weekend fun with family and friends.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A certain matter might take an unexpected turn. Don’t simply accept it; ask for an explanation. What you learn might be helpful in shifting the situation around to your benefit.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Project-ing a positive attitude helps restore calm even when you’re confronting some pretty stormy situations. Stay the course. The outcome will be well worth your efforts.

BORN THIS WEEK: While you enjoy tradition and stability, you also appreciate the good things that change can bring.

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