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Hearing slated for Chick-� l-A Eatery planned at former site of Funtastic Fun By Tom Munds [email protected]

A public hearing on the Chick-fi l-A re-zoning request will be held as part of the Dec. 16 Englewood City Council meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers on the second fl oor of the En-glewood Civic Center at 1000 Englewood Parkway.

There also will be public hearing on an amendment to the subdivision associated with the same project.

At the hearing, a city employee will pres-ent the proposal and the mayor will call up those who signed up to testify. Those tes-tifying at the public hearing will be sworn in and their comments become part of the public record. The council’s normal policy is not to vote on second and fi nal reading of a proposal on the same night as the pub-lic hearing. However, the agenda indicated the council could vote on second and fi nal reading on these issues on Dec. 16.

One public hearing is about the rezon-ing to a planned unit development neces-sary for the company’s proposal. The proj-ect would demolish the building at 3085 S. Broadway and two nearby houses on Aco-ma Street to create a 1.2-acre site that will become the location of the 4,600-square-foot drive-thru restaurant and adjacent parking lot. The second public hearing is about the subdivision amendment involv-ing the same area.

A major aspect of the project involves the building on Broadway that held the Funtastic Fun indoor amusement estab-lishment from 1994 until the doors were closed in 2011. The site has remained va-cant.

Parade goers brave the cold Band, marchers and spectators turn out for holiday event By Tom Munds [email protected]

Lots of layers hopefully kept the par-ticipants and spectators warm when they came to the Englewood Holiday Parade Dec. 7 and temperatures didn’t get out of the teens.

The parade stepped off at 10 a.m. with the color guard leading the way. Marching next in line was a group seek-ing to establish a veteran’s memorial at Englewood High School. The Englewood High School/Englewood Middle School combined band was there, along with a

slew of fl oats, students from some of the elementary schools and Girl Scout Troop 2664. Near the end of the parade, an an-tique fi re truck provided the method of transportation for Santa.

The crowd along the parade route was small but applauded enthusiastically for each unit, fl oat and group.

“It is very cold today,” Pat Bernard said as she tightened her scarf. “I live in Long-mont and, when my grandson told me he was going to be in the parade, I promised I’d be here to see him so here I am. I’m half frozen but he saw me and smiled so that warmed me up.”

After the parade, many of the crowd gathered in the Englewood Civic Center community room where there was hot chocolate and the chance to see Santa. School choirs also came to entertain the crowd with songs of the season.

The bass drummer donned a Santa out� t as he marched with the band in the Dec. 7 Englewood Holiday Parade. The annual event went on despite the cold weather and afterwards people gathered in the Englewood Civic Center community room. Photos by Tom Munds

When the Dec. 7 Englewood Holiday Parade concluded, spectators and participants, including Santa, moved to the Englewood Civic Center Community Room. Vanessa Garcia, 9, smiles as she took her turn to sit on Santa’s knee and give him her Christmas list.

City council honors calendar artists 13 students’ works chosen for 2014 By Tom Munds [email protected]

Friends, relatives, teachers and school offi cials fi lled most available seats for the Dec. 2 meeting as the Englewood City Council honored the 13 students who had their works of art selected to be used in the city’s 2014 calendar.

“This is an annual event we like to cel-ebrate,” Mayor Randy Penn said. “It is our opportunity to thank not only the artists but their parents who supported them and the teachers who helped them develop

their talents.”Each student was called up individually.

Each artist was given his or her artwork, framed and matted along with several gifts, plus they got to shake hands with the members of the city council.

The fi rst student honored was Billie Dornfeldt, a third-grader at Clayton Ele-mentary School. Her drawing was selected as the cover for this year’s calendar.

“I drew a snow globe with a snowman looking up at snowfl akes,” the girl said as she and her family prepared to leave. “It was fun drawing this because I like to draw at school and when I am at home.”

The artists were honored in the order their art was used in the calendar, from

Ann Dornfeldt, left, smiles at her daughter Billie. The third-grader created the artwork she is holding that was se-lected for the cover of the city’s 2014 calendar. Dornfeld and the other 12 student winners were honored at the Dec. 2 Englewood City council meeting. Photo by Tom Munds

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Real-estate pros tout smart growthGroup planning hard look at Littleton BoulevardBy Jennifer [email protected]

Real-estate brokers across the nation are jumping on the smart-growth bandwagon, and the South Metro Denver Realtor Asso-ciation is no exception.

“Growth is `smart’ when it gives us great communities with more choices and personal freedom, good return on public investment, greater opportunity across the community, a thriving natural envi-ronment, and a legacy we can be proud to leave our children and grandchildren,” reads the Smart Growth Network’s website, which counts the National Association of Realtors among its 40 or so partners. Oth-ers include health organizations, architect and planner associations, environmental groups and more.

On Dec. 5, SMDRA welcomed the NAR’s John Rosshirt to outline the concept, which advocates for things like pedestrian-friend-ly neighborhoods, transportation choices,

e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y sound construction practices and foster-ing a strong “sense of place.”

“What you want is for people to get first off is that this is a really cool place,” said Rosshirt. “Ev-erywhere has a place that is strong and can be built on. What-ever it is that’s your distinctive thing, get behind it.”

The class is one of the first concrete ac-tions to come out of October’s Littleton Community Retreat, which SMDRA mem-ber Kay Watson was part of. She’s following up by planning a “charette,” defined as an intensive, collaborative session to find a solution to a problem that integrates the interests of a diverse community. This one would focus on a smart-growth perspective on Littleton Boulevard.

Stapleton Den-ver is an example of a neighborhood that incorporated smart-growth prin-ciples into its de-sign, and the metro area is full of others. In fact, the Smart Growth Network will showcase many of them during its 2014 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, Feb. 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency downtown.

Rosshirt ex-plained that the 20th-century trends

of single-family homes on large lots and sprawling covered shopping malls are fad-ing as people’s lifestyles change.

“Our American dream is not the same as it was in the ‘40s or ‘50s,” he said.

People are having fewer kids today, and many of those kids are choosing to remain single longer, according to a study funded

in part by NAR. Many of them believe less stuff to pay for and less living space to take care of equals more freedom, and about 75 percent of them would be willing to pay more for housing to commute less.

“The American dream is really about economic mobility,” said Rosshirt.

The average household size is just 2.6 today, and in 2008, one-quarter of all Amer-ican households were single, according to the study. So it takes more living units just to maintain population, which results in the dreaded “D” word - density. And that’s where smart-growth advocates often hit a brick wall in their communities.

“Often the most vocal people are in the smallest minority,” he said. “You all know NIMBY. NIMBY always comes to those meetings. … There’s nothing bad about density, the problem is bad planning and design.”

Proponents might find a surprising ally in seniors. According to the NAR study, the number of households headed by people 85 and older will double from 2005 to 2030.

“They’re the ones that are competing with the Millennials for the downtown con-dos,” said Rosshirt.

smart growth principles• Mix land uses• Take advantage of compact building design• Create a range of housing opportunities and choices• Create walkable neighborhoods• Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a

strong sense of place• Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty and

critical environmental areas• Strengthen and direct development toward existing

communities• Provide a variety of transportation choices• Make development decisions predictable, fair and

cost effective• Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration

in development decisions

correctionIn last week’s story about the North

Woods Inn seasoning, the source of the recipe was misidentified. Randi Sims should have been credited with sharing the ingredients.

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The long-standing cone zone at Belleview and Uni-versity in Arapahoe County is about to be a free-flowing intersection once again, hopefully by Christmas.

An announcement from the Colorado Department of Transportation stated a final push to complete the project was initiated on Dec. 8. The final work on the project — which began in June — is slated to in-volve lane closures, turn re-strictions and delays.

The initial portion of the work involved closing the left turn lanes from Univer-sity Boulevard to eastbound and westbound Belleview Avenue. The turn lanes will remain closed for the du-ration of the project. The CDOT announcement stat-ed the turn lane closure is necessary to complete work on the center portion of the intersection.

Weather permitting, work on the final phase of the project is scheduled to go on 24 hours a day. There also may be times when crews will close northbound University Boulevard.

All construction on the intersection is scheduled to be complete by Dec. 24.

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Sloppiness cited in mental health delayUproar leads state to start process overBy Kristin JonesI-News at Rocky Mountain PBS

Susan Beckman wants you to know that “a lot of sloppy work” — and not a conspiracy — were behind the state’s botched job of finding someone to run a network of walk-in mental health crisis centers.

Beckman — a Littleton resi-dent and former Arapahoe County commissioner — heads the administrative branch of the Colorado Department of Human Services, the office responsible for the failed solicitation process. The department has been accused of colluding with local actors — that is, local providers of mental health services — to elbow out a newcomer, but Beckman says a slew of mistakes were just human error.

The department on Nov. 22 issued a new request for propos-als to run the crisis centers, three weeks after deciding to rescind an award it had made on Oct. 16 to Crisis Access of Colorado, which set up shop in the state for the purpose of applying for the con-tract.

Crisis Access is affiliated with a private Georgia-based crisis inter-vention company called Behav-ioral Health Link and Recovery Innovations, an organization with operations in Arizona, California

and Washington.Awards made

to two Denver-based companies — Metro Crisis Services, to run a hotline, and Cac-tus Communica-tions, for market-ing — were also scuttled.

The contracts will determine who runs the keystone mental health initiative of the Hicken-looper administration. The crisis stabilization centers are meant to take pressure off of hospital emer-gency rooms, jails and prisons — which have become the main pro-viders of services for people with mental illness — after decades of funding shortfalls.

But so far, the piece of legisla-tion meant to promote unity and cooperation among mental health service providers in Colorado has proven divisive, at best.

Crisis Access has accused the state of making a political deci-sion when it scrapped the con-tract.

In a protest letter filed with the Department of Human Services on Nov. 11, the company called the decision unlawful, and alleged that the state skirted proper pro-cedures and bowed to pressure from a consortium of local com-munity mental health facilities that had lost out on the bid.

“If there were concerns about the process, then the state should have required the regular protest procedures,” says David Coving-

ton, who left a job at Magellan Health Services to become CEO of Crisis Access. “That wasn’t done.”

The state rejected Crisis Ac-cess’ protest last week.

Beckman says the decision to scrap the award had nothing to do with pressure from the losing bidders. Instead, she blames plain old sloppiness for a bidding pro-cess that was “an embarrassment to the department.”

Before the bid was even award-ed, says Beckman, she became aware of “blatant” errors includ-ing missing scores, incorrect cal-culations and improper weight-ing.

“We were wondering how we had gotten this far without check-ing our work,” says Beckman, adding that in retrospect, the award should never have been publicly announced. “It was just such bad timing. It was awkward. It was not good.”

Her division instead referred the matter to the Colorado De-partment of Personnel and Ad-ministration. That office found that the bid process was not only stocked with errors, says Beck-man, but didn’t meet the require-ments of the legislation creating the new behavioral health crisis system, including principles of cultural competence, strong com-munity relationships and build-ing on existing foundations.

Harriet Hall was among those who were unhappy with the way the bid went the first time. She heads the Jefferson Center for Mental Health, and is part of a

group of local partners who got together to apply to run the crisis centers.

“Our sense of the competing bid was that those strong com-munity relationships were non-existent,” Hall says. “And yet if you looked at the scoring they were scored as high or higher as folks that have the community rela-tionships.”

But Covington says there was no requirement that the bidders have a history of operating in the state. Reviewers were impressed with Crisis Access’ focus on peer support and trauma-informed care, records show.

If there’s any consensus, it’s that the state’s mistakes will be expensive to fix. A new bidding process means another costly ef-fort by the mental health service providers applying for the job — not to mention those reviewing the proposals.

Beckman says the disruption is worth it in order to re-do the bid process with a fresh crew and a clean slate.

“When we’re done, everyone’s going to say, this is a really good process,” says Beckman.

The state hopes to finalize the new contracts by Feb. 24 — four months later than planned.

I-News is the public service jour-nalism arm of Rocky Mountain PBS and works collaboratively with news media across Colorado. To read more, please go to inews-network.org. Kristin Jones can be reached at [email protected].

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MILESTONES

EducationAndrew Taylor, of Englewood, earned

the dean’s citation for academic excel-lence in the Monfort College of Business for the spring 2013 semester at the Uni-versity of Northern Colorado.

Carly Hamilton, of Englewood, re-ceived the Abby Marlatt Scholarship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in recognition of excellence in the study of human ecology.

Alex 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 fi rst-team after earning second-team all-region honors in 2012.

Berman 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.

Andrea Crawford, Savannah Morris, Jacob Oreskovich, Kristopher Rodg-ers and Ashley Signorelli, of Littleton, earned the dean’s citation for academic excellence in the Monfort College of Business for the spring 2013 semester at the University of Northern Colorado.

Dogs, clients will graduate Dec. 14 Freedom ServiceDog diplomas to be presented By Tom Munds [email protected]

There won’t be caps, gowns or the tra-ditional music but there will be 16 diplo-mas presented to some special canines and their respective owners during the upcoming Freedom Service Dogs gradu-ation ceremonies.

This is one of the largest graduating classes in recent history and included six professional therapy dogs as well as ser-vice dogs for 10 clients including a half dozen wounded warriors.

The graduation ceremony begins at 1 p.m. Dec. 14 at Hampden Hall, located on the second fl oor of the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Freedom Service Dogs, established in 1987 to train dogs to provide assistance

to people with handicaps, has placed more than 200 dogs with clients since it was founded. All dogs entering FSD train-ing are rescued from shelters. About half the dogs successfully complete the train-ing, but no dog is returned to an animal shelter for not successfully completing the class because FSD locates homes for them.

The training takes a little more than a year and each training program is unique because each dog is trained to perform services for a specifi c client such as turn-ing on lights, opening doors and picking up items off the fl oor.

Trainers work with the dogs and with the clients. For example, the trainer can accompany the dog-client team on fi eld trips for on-the-spot experiences in loca-tions like shopping malls.

The organization is located at 2000 W. Union Ave. in Englewood. The facility in-cludes exercise areas for the dogs as well as a dog training area constructed like an apartment complete with appliances and furniture.

Dogs and their new owners listen to a speaker during last December’s Freedom Service Dogs graduation ceremo-nies. There will be 16 graduating teams receiving diplomas at the Dec. 14 ceremonies at Hampden Hall, located on the second � oor of the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. File photo

Members of the Englewood City Council shake hands with Erica Nutt and Max Murry on Dec. 2. The two Englewood Recreation Center lifeguards were among those honored for their e� orts that helped save a 62-year-old man who was having a cardiac event in the rec center pool. Photo by Tom Munds

RECOGNIZING HEROES

DEC. 12

VOLUNTEER ROUND-UP. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo needs 150-200 volunteers in guest relations, children’s programs, horse and livestock shows, and the trade show. The 108th stock show is Jan. 11-26. To learn more about the volunteer opportunities and to set up an interview for a volunteer spot, attend the National Western volunteer round-up from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver. For information and to � ll out a volunteer application, go to http://www.national-western.com/volunteer/ or contact Kellie at 303-299-5562.

DEC. 15

AARP NIGHT Join AARP at a Denver Nuggets game on Dec.

15, and bring in a children’s book suitable for ages kindergar-ten to third grade to donate to Serve Colorado. Stop by the AARP booth and learn about issues impacting those 50 and older. Discounted tickets are available on a � rst-come, � rst-served basis. Go to www.nuggetstix.com/AARP1215.

THROUGH DEC. 15

GIFT CARD DRIVE. Resort 2 Kindness (R2K) hosts its BIG GIVE 2013 gift card drive to bene� t the Colorado � ood victims. The drive runs from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15. R2K will collect unused, unexpired gift cards valid at any restaurant, grocery store, home store or retail store in Colorado. All cards will be given to the Emergency Family Assistance Association. Gift cards can be mailed to Resort 2 Kindness, 9781 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112. Monetary donations can also be made

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Thursday, December 12th:Littleton Business Coalition Location TBD

STEM-EC: Denver School of Science & Technology Site Visit DSST: Cole Middle School Campus, 3240 Humboldt St., Denver

Centennial Business Coalition: Meet the Centennial City Council The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

E.L.I.T.E.: Executive Brain Tank with Adam Schlegel, CFO/CSO - Snooze Eatery Snooze, Streets at SouthGlenn, 6781 S. York St., Centennial

Chamber Health & Wellness Initiative / Women in Leadership Speaker Series The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Friday, December 13th: 27th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast: Creating a Thriving Community Hyatt Regency DTC, 7800 E. Tufts Ave., Denver

Behind the Scenes Tour of CSU Powerhouse Energy Campus430 S. College Ave., Fort Collins

Saturday, December 14th:Grand Opening of Kaiser Permanente Lone Tree Offices 10240 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree

Monday, December 16th: Save Lives & Sort Medical Supplies with Project C.U.R.E. 10337 East Geddes Ave., Centennial

Tuesday, December 17th:Business Bible Study The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Business Leaders for Responsible Government Board of Advisors The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Wednesday, December 18th:Economic Development Group Board of Advisors The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Southwest Metro Business Alliance Holiday Meeting Location TBD

South Metro Denver Chamber Legislative Reception Location being finalized

Thursday, December 19th: E.L.I.T.E. Board of Advisors The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

Friday, December 20th:Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure Council Board of Advisors The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial

In an effort to establish new cost-effective education alternatives for Colorado nursing students, Metropolitan State University of Denver has partnered with Arapahoe Community College (ACC) and Front Range Community College (FRCC) to offer a dual-enrollment option that en-ables students to graduate in four years with a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN).

“Employers are showing a hiring preference for graduates who have a BSN degree,” says Linda Stroup, associate chair of the MSU Denver Department of Nursing. “This initiative provides students with one of the most efficient and cost-effective pathways in the metro area for securing a bachelor’s degree in nursing.”

In 2010, the Institute of Medicine issued a report recommending that the proportion of nurses with baccalaureate degrees increase from 50 to 80 percent by 2020. Based on projected nursing retirements and current graduation rates from Colorado universities, there is work to be done to address that goal, Stroup says.

The RN-BSN dual-enrollment initiative will allow students to complete certain BSN elective credits at MSU Denver while finishing the required prerequisite courses from the nursing programs at their designated home school―ACC or FRCC. Once students complete their associate degrees in nursing and have accumulated 79 combined prereq-uisite credits, they will transition to MSU Denver to complete their BSN coursework.

“We are excited about the partnership with MSU Denver and the path-way we are creating for ACC nursing students to achieve a BSN degree,” says Geri Rush, ACC director of nursing. “South metro area hospitals such as Sky Ridge Medical Center and Littleton Adventist Hospital have expressed great enthusiasm for the program and potential for clinical placements in these hospitals.”

One unique advantage of the dual-enrollment program is the ability for students to secure financial aid toward classes taken at both the community college and MSU Denver. The home school will disburse financial aid for both institutions simultaneously. Previously under other similar arrangements, federal financial aid rules dictated aid could be applied only to a student’s home school coursework.

“This creates a seamless transfer for our students, especially those on financial aid,” said Sandy Veltri, FRCC associate vice president for student and academic services. “Together with our current associate-to-bachelor’s degree partnership with MSU Denver, this new initiative creates even more opportunities for students.”

“There is a national focus to help students better ensure academic credit transfers and we want to give students as many options as possible to obtain their degree in an efficient and cost-effective manner,” says Eric Dunker, MSU Denver Extended Campus director. “We have more than 100 courses to meet BSN general studies requirements, with classes available at multiple campuses, online or hybrid alternatives to meet each student’s needs.”

MSU Denver will provide students with academic advisors to help them choose electives that will allow for degree completion in four years. Current students can access the program immediately, and the official rollout for new students will begin in Spring 2014. In addition to taking classes at MSU Denver’s primary downtown Denver campus, the Univer-sity offers students satellite campus locations in Greenwood Village and Northglenn. For more information about the program visit http://www.msudenver.edu/nursing/programinformation/dualenrollment/

This program complements MSU Denver’s existing baccalaureate-level nursing program in the Department of Health Professions, which also houses academic programs in gerontology, heath care management, human nutrition and dietetics, integrative therapies and recreation professions. MSU Denver’s baccalaureate nursing program has received full reaccreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), formerly the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). At its July 2013 meeting, the Board of Commis-sioners granted continuing accreditation to the program for eight years, the maximum time allowed.

The first post-baccalaureate students graduated from MSU Denver’s medical laboratory science program in June 2013. The program was previously operated by the Colorado Health Foundation and is now man-aged by MSU Denver’s Extended Campus.

Left to right, front row: Jacob Lorenz (Risk and Chance), Jim McGrath (Studley), Tom Wood (Willbros Construction), Jerry Eumont (I.H.S), Colleen Schwake (South Metro Denver Chamber), Bob Fryklund (I.H.S), Torie Brazitis (City of Lone Tree), Andrew Casper (Colorado Oil and Gas Association)Left to right, back row: Jason Hallmark (Hallmark Photos), Patty Rodvold (WhippleWood CPAs), Gayle Dendinger (CAP Logistics), Jeff Holwell (South Metro Denver Chamber), John Brackney (South Metro Denver Chamber), Emily Haggstrom (CAP Logistics), John Boner (CAP Logistics), Detlev Simonis (CAP Logistics), Nancy Vorderstrass (CAP Logistics)Not pictured: Howard Dieter (Rettew Associates), Dan Killeen (RK Mechanical)

MSU Denver Establishes Dual Enrollment Nursing Partnership with Community Colleges

Colorado’s Energy Resources Advanced at Colorado - Texas Energy Day in HoustonColorado has a rich and varied history in the extraction of natural

resources. Fossil fuels are a natural resource which have recently seen a huge increase in development throughout the state due to advances in technology and increased global demand. At the forefront of this new mineral wealth is the production of shale oil available through new hori-zontal drilling and fracturing technologies.

In November, the Houston chapter of the American Petroleum In-stitute (API) paid homage to Colorado as a key state for future oil & gas production and the South Metro Denver Chamber played a major role in the proceedings. Colorado - Texas Energy Day at the Petroleum Club of Houston included oil & gas vendor exhibits, an oil & gas executive roundtable, and the API luncheon moderated by Chamber President and CEO John Brackney with over 300 oil & gas executives present, including a contingent of South Metro Denver Chamber leaders.

Sponsored by CAP Logistics, the Chamber delegation included Jacob Lorenz (Risk and Chance), Jim McGrath (Studley), Tom Wood (Willbros Construction), Torie Brazitis (City of Lone Tree), Howard Dieter (Rettew Associates), Dan Killeen (RK Mechanical), Andrew Casper (Colorado Oil and Gas Association), Jason Hallmark (Hallmark Photos), Patty Rodvold (WhippleWood CPAs), Gayle Dendinger (CAP Logistics), Emily Haggstrom (CAP Logistics), John Boner (CAP Logistics), Detlev Simonis (CAP Logistics), and Nancy Vorderstrass (CAP Logistics), Jeff Holwell (COO, South Metro Denver Chamber), John Brackney (President and CEO, South Metro Denver Chamber) and Colleen Schwake (South Metro Denver Chamber).

Keynote speakers for the luncheon were Bob Fryklund, Chief Up-stream Strategist for IHS and Jerry Eumont, Managing Director-Consult-ing, Energy & Natural Resources for IHS. Fryklund spoke on Colorado’s Energy, an Unconventional Renaissance, and Eumont spoke on the continued leadership of Texas in the industry.

Throughout the day, the Colorado delegation met with several local oil & gas executives allowing them to focus on the state’s future in energy production.

“This event was a great opportunity for the Chamber to showcase Colorado and a major South Metro Denver employer to the oil & gas

community of Texas. We were honored to be leading this effort in pro-moting our state to such an influential audience,” said Chamber COO and Director of Economic Development, Jeff Holwell. “Our CEO John Brackney and board member Gayle Dendinger of CAP Logistics were able to advocate on behalf of Colorado as a place to do business. Despite the politics of oil & gas fracturing, we are a strong energy state and we are open for business.”

“Colorado has the opportunity to become a major player in the oil shale revolution and it will become an important economic driver for the state. The Chamber is honored to continue our collaboration with the energy industry. We will persist in our recruitment and advocacy and build Colorado’s energy portfolio including fossil fuels and renewable energy.”

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A number of veterans and Englewood Mayor Randy Penn, at right in coat and hat, took part in a traditional wreath ceremony Dec. 7 at the Purple Heart Memorial. Color guard member Mark Wakefield held the VFW Post 322 flag and Gerard Carter held the American flag at the state’s only memorial to men and women who have received the purple heart medal when they were wounded in action. Photo by Tom Munds

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Get a haircut to get aheadWould you rather be alone, or not be

alone but with one condition: You have to spend your time in bad company?

Many of us would rather have com-panionship in a red-flag relationship, than have no relationship at all.

I am not one of them. I currently have a five-year lease with Jennifer, but I spend most of my time in splendid isolation.

(Jennifer lives somewhere else, with two of her three children, which is good for me. One of them needs to be driven to soccer, somewhere, on the hour. The other one would eat drywall if it had sauce on it. The kid will eat anything, and he is as skinny as a fishing rod.)

Newspapers, magazines and televi-sion programs are filled with advice about hooking up with someone. I don’t think any of it really works. It’s all luck.

Dating is as easy as pie. Anyone — any-one — can find someone to go out with once. The trick is to find someone you want to go out with twice, or who wants to go out with you twice.

My best advice is simple. Get a haircut. Just about everyone needs a haircut. For one thing, this isn’t the Summer of Love.

Please tell me what you think about this project of mine. There’s a very friendly woman who works in my grocery store. She stacks her hair like an unde-cided bird’s nest. The first time I saw her, I thought she had overslept, and just piled it up for the day. She piles it up every day.

She needs someone to hairnap her, put her in the back of a car and take her to the nearest barbershop. This is what I am asking: Should I keep my mouth shut, or say something?

If I were to say something, I would try my best not to say, “What is wrong with your hair? Did your cat get into it?”

I might say, “An attractive woman like you could use a more subtle hairstyle. Maybe one that didn’t look like you comb it with a blender.” No, that’s no good either. I’ll work on it.

I have made arrangements to pay someone to cut her hair. I wonder if Bird’s Nest would be offended, or if she would be pleased that someone noticed and cared.

Jennifer and I like to go to the airport and watch people, and keep track of hair-cuts - who needs one and who doesn’t. We have done this a number of times, and we have determined that 37 percent of the population at DIA needs a haircut.

We are not the Rightful Arbiters. No one appointed us. But if someone is con-stantly swiping their hair, to get it out of their eyes, it’s an easy call: Get a haircut.

If you still look like one of Dexys Mid-night Runners, get a haircut.

When I met Jennifer, she needed a

Broken records have a benefitNow I am not referring to breaking

records like the most touchdowns thrown in a season, home runs hit in a career, or breaking the 3.43-minute mile. Nor am I referring to breaking other records recog-nized by Guinness World Records.

The only record or recording that you may actually want to break is if I were to personally record a song, as I couldn’t carry a tune if it were strapped to my back. There would be true benefit to breaking that record for sure.

You know the expression, “you sound like a broken record,” right? Well I am here to share with you that there are real ben-efits to sounding like a broken record. But then again there is the danger of being that broken record so often it begins to sound like a scratched record, nagging, and maybe even like nails on a chalkboard. We have to find the balance.

For now, let’s focus on the benefits, sound fair?

In many of my columns I focus on some consistent themes, words, or concepts and most if not all are characterized by a foun-dation of positive and encouraging intent. Some may say, and actually have accused me of sounding like a broken record when it comes to my constant promotion of showing gratitude, developing self-confi-dence, living with hope, the importance of staying positive, being optimistic, setting goals, and focusing on building winning relationships. Can I say thank you Zig Ziglar one more time?

What we need to remember is that common sense is not always common practice, and that repetition holds its place as the “mother of learning,” the “father of success,” and even “the mother of skill.” So you see, there are many benefits to being a

broken record or taking the time to listen to others who may sound like a broken record but are delivering a very valuable and powerful message that could lead to our future success.

So here it goes, my broken record is about to begin playing. It’s now your choice to keep on reading or listening to what I have stated repeatedly over the years, or you can simply choose to flip the page. Every one of us can reach higher, do more than we are doing for our family, our friends, and for our community. Every one of us is gifted and talented and has so very much to offer this world. We are the only ones in control of how we define, pursue, and achieve our success. Showing ap-preciation affords us the freedom and the power to build winning relationships that will last a lifetime. And every one of us is beautiful in the eyes of those who love us the most.

I am a sucker for a broken record, I have a collection of personal and professional audio programs that I listen to over and over again. Even though I have listened to some hundreds of times over, the message still resonates and I still learn something

What do you like best about the holidays?With Christmas just around the corner, we asked a few folks at Lone Tree’s Park Meadows shopping center what they like best about this time of year.

“Food. Anything German, green bean casserole and Christmas cookies. The food is like a present to me.”— Demi Rivera, Lone Tree

question of the week

“Baking cookies, putting up Christmas lights, all the traditional activities.”— Alexis Shelton, Aurora

“It’s between the gifts and my family.”

— Greg Cherabie, Centennial

“The decorations and the lights.”

— Angelo Montanari, Denver

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Help during the holidays, and beyondAlmost 13 percent of Coloradans live

below the poverty level, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s better than the national rate of more than 14 percent, but it’s still much too high.

This time of year, the thought of fami-lies not being able to put food on the table — much less purchase holiday gifts — can be particularly disturbing. Maybe it should be equally as unsettling year round, but during a season of joy, and often excess, for so many, the plight of the poor stands out as a cruel contrast.

Fortunately, there are avenues to help. For example, Dec. 10 was Colorado Gives Day, the annual push to raise money for nonprofits, many of which help the poor. More than $15.4 million was raised in

2012, and we hope an even bigger haul was brought in this year.

One of the many nonprofits helped by the effort was the Douglas/Elbert Task Force. The Castle Rock-based organiza-tion exists to provide basic necessities, like food and rent assistance, to residents of Douglas and Elbert counties in need. We applaud them for their year-round work.

Recently, we were given rare insight into the plight of some of those who sought help from the task force. Colo-rado Community Media reporter Virginia

Grantier spent some time with the task force’s client service manager, Jenny Follmer. Grantier’s article, which appears this week in several Colorado Commu-nity Media publications as well as online, illustrates the very real stories of the less fortunate in a way statistics simply can’t.

The two went over the files of 20 individuals and families who sought as-sistance on one day, and the article sum-marizes the needs of each applicant. It is as personal as it gets without names and faces. Even in the suburbs, this could be your neighbor, a friend in need.

A small sampling:• “A Douglas County woman on dis-

ability, renter. Her ex-husband came back to Colorado with their three kids and then he left, and left the kids with her. She has

$85 left for bills after she pays the rent. But today, she just needs food.”

• “A Castle Rock family, grandmother in her 70s, grown daughter and three granddaughters. The daughter works, but the rent is more than half her income. They come in today for clothing, food and Christmas assistance.”

•“An Elbert County family, renters, three kids and husband and wife. Hus-band is facing several surgeries to correct past surgery. He’s in extreme pain, but works off some rent for landlord. Wife is working. They need help with food and Christmas assistance.”

The holidays, of course, are a par-ticularly busy time for the task force and groups like it. Then again, it’s always too busy.

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OBITUARIES

To place an obituary:

Private PartyContact: Viola [email protected]

Funeral HomesVisit: www.memoriams.comnew. I have read many books two and

three and even four or more times, high-lighting and underscoring the pages in different colors so I can see what I learned new each time.

Yup, bring on those broken records, let me hear them over and over again and enjoy the benefi ts of applying what I hear

and learn. How about you? What are some of your favorite broken records or mes-sages you can just never get enough of? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and as I have said each week for the past several years (broken record here) … let’s make it 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.

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haircut. Every time I saw her after that I asked her, “Did you get a haircut?” I know it was annoying, but it worked. She no longer looks like one of the dancers on “Hullabaloo.”

Sometimes we get stuck in a year or a decade, and we can’t let go. If you are stuck in a decade, and you are lonely, maybe you will meet someone who is

stuck in the same decade and is just as lonely. But if you get a contemporary hair-cut, you open yourself up to lots of other candidates.

Here’s an example. Have you seen Melanie Griffi th in “Working Girl”?

After a haircut, she wound up with Harrison Ford. Harrison Ford is waiting for you, right around your next haircut.

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

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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 � rst 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 nonpro� t 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 Legion 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 � rst, third and � fth Friday each month at Malley Senior Center in Englewood. Call Ron at 303-759-4862.

MOUNTAINEERS SQUARE Dance Club meets the � rst, third and � fth 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 � ve 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. o� ers caregivers of low-income seniors who are frail, disabled or unable to live alone without care in Adams, Arapahoe, Je� erson 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 or-ganization 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 Common-wealth 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 Tues-day 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 Ox-ford 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 Wednes-day 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 bene� t 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, � eld 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 Je� er-son County. For more information call Mel at 303-973-8688or Nan at 728-981-1841.

SOUTH SUBURBAN WOMEN’S CONNECTION, a� liated 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 com-plimentary 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 appeal-ing, 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 � oor 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-� oor 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.

MERIDIAN PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP is a unique group. The group is open for Parkinson’s patients and their care-givers. The group will divide into patients in one group and care-givers in another at the April meeting, so that people will be able to get into particular issues and problems and share the successes and failures we experience in dealing with Parkinson’s disease.Attend meetings at 10 a.m. the third Tues-day of each month in the Sky Room of the Meridian building, 3455 S. Corona, Englewood. For more information, contact Gail Greenwood, facilitator, at 303 805 3590

NAMI SUPPORT GROUP for family members and friends of persons with mental illness meets from 7-8:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month January through October and the second Wednesday of the month November and December at Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, 155 Inverness Dr. West, second � oor, Englewood.

NAMI INFORMATION PROGRAMS for consumers, family members and friends meet from 7-8:30 p.m. the second Wednesday January through May and September and October at Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, 155 Inverness Dr. West, second � oor, Englewood.

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.

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY SUPPORT GROUP THE DENVER BRANCH meets from 3:30-5 p.m. the � rst and third Thursdays of every month at Christ Church United Method-ist, 690 Colorado Blvd., Denver; parking and entrance in the back. For information about the Denver Branch meetings, call Dorothy Miller at 303-814-2112 or email [email protected].

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Are you drinking toilet water?Water-connection woes can cause human illnessBy Kristin JonesI-News at Rocky Mountain PBS

Feel like a nice cool glass of ice water? Before you take a sip, you might want to take a quick tour of your home. How’s the fill valve in your toilet? Do you have a vacuum breaker on your outside spigots? What about your boiler?

Without the right plumbing bits and pieces in place, you could be at risk of drinking toilet water, sipping lawn fertilizers or slurping hazardous chemi-cals. If they aren’t protected, cross connections between the drinking water in your home and non-potable wa-ter sources can mean that dirty water gets mixed with the clean. It might take as little as a change in water pressure.

And it’s not just in your home. Backflow can hap-pen almost anywhere — from schools to restaurants to water treatment plants.

A review of state re-cords by I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS shows that throughout Colorado, haz-ardous cross connections rate among the most per-sistent public health risks in water distribution sys-tems.

I-News found that 30 percent of water providers

inspected by the state since 2009 were found to be in violation for something re-lated to cross connections or backflow — most often issues related to document-ing or managing risks. And 9 percent of the water sys-tems were found to have potentially hazardous cross connections.

Among schools operat-ing their own small water systems, inspectors found cross connection issues to be even more prevalent. Roughly 47 percent were found to be in some kind of violation of cross con-nection or backflow rules, while risky cross connec-tions were found in 19 per-cent of the schools, accord-ing to a recent analysis by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Envi-ronment.

If left unchecked, these routine plumbing prob-lems can make people sick.

Hospital had troubleLast fall, 26 people at a

medical facility in Colorado Springs fell ill after drink-ing water that tasted and smelled odd.

The building, which in-cludes Memorial Hospital’s surgery and wound care centers, shut down until an investigation by state pub-lic health authorities iden-tified the probable culprit: a faulty connection between the drinking water and the ventilation, or HVAC, sys-tem.

Propylene glycol — an ingredient in antifreeze —

had been leaking into the pipes for three days, offi-cials found. Investigators said other anti-corrosive chemicals may have gotten into the water, as well.

NexCore Properties, which manages the build-ing, had no comment on the state’s findings. Paula Freund, a spokeswoman for Memorial Hospital, said she’s confident the water problem has been fixed.

Fred Spengler is one of a few technicians in the state trained to find and fix cross connections in homes and businesses. In Colorado, he says, it’s often older homes that have problems, or those with special features like solar panels or heated driveways.

But issues turn up in mundane places, too.

“Lots of the cross con-nections have to do with toilets,” says Spengler.

Homes at riskA 2004 study conducted

in Iowa by the University of Southern California’s Foun-dation for Cross Connec-tion Control and Hydraulic Research found that nearly one in 10 homes had a di-rect connection to a health hazard — most often in the toilet, but also in heating and cooling systems, water softeners and outside spig-ots.

Patrick Sylvester, the study’s project manager, said in an interview that he was surprised how many homes had faulty sewer connections — 14 of the 188 homes included in the study.

Only 4 percent of the homes were fully protected from a direct or indirect cross connection, accord-ing to the USC report.

“Most of the cross con-nections could be abated with a few dollars and a few minutes,” the study found, “but residents were un-

aware of the hazards exist-ing in their own plumbing system.”

As in larger water sys-tems, faulty cross connec-tions at home can cause health problems if a change in water pressure or a dis-ruption to the water line coincides with an unpro-tected connection. In most instances, an illness caused by backflow would be tough to trace to its cause; it might be dismissed as a 24-hour bug.

In some cases, the con-sequences can be serious. In Commerce City last year, Nick and Roxanne Cattaneo were awarded more than $900,000 from Aquakleen Products Inc. after their family’s sewer line was mis-takenly connected to their drinking water during the installation of a water soft-ener.

Commerce City officials warned at the time that Aquakleen had installed water softeners at more than 100 households with-out a permit. Backflow from a household has the poten-tial to pollute public water, too.

A lawyer representing Aquakleen said the com-pany had no comment.

Thousands of illnessesFrom 1970 to 2001, ac-

cording to the National Re-search Council, there were 12,000 reported illnesses from 459 instances of back-flow. The number doesn’t catch unreported cases.

“Because of the enor-mous range of contaminant sources involved, as well as the number of unpro-tected cross connections, backflow events collective-ly constitute the greatest potential health risk from distribution system con-tamination,” the National Research Council reported in 2006.

In Colorado, state water

quality inspectors periodi-cally inspect larger water systems — which include anything from a school or a campground with its own well and filtration system, to a town or a city.

Larger water systems like the city of Denver are required to keep records of the highest-hazard spots in their jurisdiction — places like the Denver Zoo, where the water district found in 2006 that water meant for washing down the lion’s den was mixed with em-ployees’ drinking water.

Nearly one in three wa-ter systems in the last five years has been dinged for failing to keep adequate testing records or for other backflow-related problems.

Most schools aren’t rou-tinely tested by the state — it’s left to their water pro-viders to mitigate the risks. But schools with their own wells have a poor record of compliance.

School is exampleThe water system that

supplies Caliche School in the northeastern Colorado town of Iliff, for example, failed to install backflow preventers in the mop sink, the auto shop and the training room, state in-spectors found during the most recent inspection in 2010. School officials say the backflow preventers are now in place, and the water system is being upgraded.

Officials from the state public health department downplay the risks associ-ated with backflow, empha-sizing that water pollution from a bad connection de-pends on a lot of things go-ing wrong at the same time — for instance, a pressure change, an absence of pro-tection, and the presence of a harmful contaminant.

“It is a potential risk, and it is something that we eval-uate,” says Ron Falco, who

manages the state’s safe drinking water program. “A cross connection by itself isn’t a contamination.”

The state rarely punish-es water providers solely for problems related to cross connections — even in cas-es of repeated problems.

However, they acknowl-edge that the state regula-tions need updating — in part to offer more guidance to small, cash-strapped sys-tems.

After a salmonella out-break in the southern Col-orado city of Alamosa in 2008 that was unrelated to backflow, a team of investi-gators called for a series of reforms to prevent future incidents of waterborne illness, including updating state regulations related to cross connections.

Four years after that re-port came out, however, the old rules are still in place. The outdated regulations don’t mention specific haz-ards to look out for — things like chemical laboratories, aircraft manufacturing fa-cilities or mortuaries. They also don’t spell out specific backflow prevention meth-ods or set testing standards.

Falco, who was lead author of the 2009 report on Alamosa, says that the current rules don’t pose any risk to the public. He said that inspectors have stepped up surveillance of backflow-related risks since 2009, and expects to see improvements in water providers’ records.

The new rules are ex-pected to launch by Janu-ary 2015.

I-News is the public service journalism arm of Rocky Mountain PBS and works collaboratively with news media throughout Colora-do. To read more, please go to inewsnetwork.org. Kristin Jones can be contacted at [email protected]

How to control cross connectionsA few simple steps can help protect your drinking

water from contamination via backflow in your home. Hiring a backflow prevention technician or a licensed plumber is the best way to make sure your plumbing is safe.

Faucets: Make sure the lower end of each faucet is at least an inch above the top edge of the sink or tub.

Toilets: Lift the top of your toilet tank and look in-side. Make sure the fill valve is at least an inch above the water. The bowl refill tube should also be above the water line.

Boilers: Install a backflow preventer on your boiler. Otherwise, pressure from the boiler water — which is often treated with hazardous anti-corrosion chemi-

cals — may be pushed into the potable water line.Garden hoses: Install a vacuum breaker on each

outside spigot. Never leave a hose submerged in a bucket, hot tub or swimming pool.

Contaminants from the yard can be sucked back into your drinking water. If you’re using a Miracle-Gro nozzle or other add-on to your hose, unscrew it when you’re done using it. Without a backflow preventer in place, fertilizer or other chemicals can contaminate your water.

Sprinklers: Install a vacuum breaker well above the ground and above the level of all sprinkler heads in your yard, to ensure that chemicals, fertilizer or pet waste aren’t pulled into your drinking water.

January to December. Each work of art is displayed as a full page in the cal-endar.

The other students and the schools they attend are: Tess Bray, East High School; Jamie Valdez, Colorado’s Fin-est Alternative High School; Vincent Pino, Clayton Elementary School; Emilee Cirbo, Clayton Elementary School; Alize Galvan, Englewood High

School; Russell Watson, Charles Hay World School; Jake Hurtado, All Souls School; Isaiah Mendez, Cherrelyn Ele-mentary School; Aushia Davis, Engle-wood Middle School; Sophie Castro, All Souls School; Shawn Michaelis, Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School; and Dominic Priefert, Clayton Elementary School.

This is the 14th year Englewood has had a student calendar art contest. Olga Wolosyn, late Englewood mayor, was one of those who fostered the idea of using student art in the calendar.

“Olga was the inspiration for this project,” said Leigh Ann Hoffhines,

the city’s communications specialist, who oversees the calendar project. “We always honor all the sponsors who help make the calendar possible. Well, Olga’s mother Bernice always sends us a check every year for the project in memory of her daughter.”

Hoffhines said this year’s contest drew more than 150 entries. A com-mittee spent quite a few hours select-ing the top 50 art works. Thirteen of the top 50 art works have been used as full-page displays in this year’s calen-dar. However, smaller pictures of the other 36 works will also be included in the calendar.


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This is an artist concept of the site layout for the Chick-� l-A restaurant that is proposed for Broadway and Dartmouth. The project extends west to Acoma Street. The city council will hold a public hearing on the rezoning request on Dec. 16 Courtesy art

Audra Kirk, Englewood planner, pre-sented the proposal to the city council at the Dec. 2 meeting.

She said the request to rezone the site as a planned unit development is neces-sary because the current MUB2 and MURA zoning doesn’t permit a drive-thru restau-rant.

“The Englewood Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on the proposal on Nov. 5,” she told the council. “They forwarded the request to the council without conditions.”

The proposal calls for a right-in, right-out entrance on Broadway and a full ac-cess entrance on Acoma Street. Kirk said a traffi c study predicted increased traffi c on Acoma, but the traffi c will be within the volume of traffi c found on some other local streets.

“The traffi c study suggested lengthen-ing some left-turn lanes on Broadway and Dartmouth and restricting parking on the east side of Acoma adjacent to the Chick-fi l-A property,” she said. “The proposal also would vacate a south portion of the alley between Acoma and Broadway and relo-cate the entrance and exit to the alley far-ther north on Acoma.”

Kirk said the subdivision amendment is required as part of the project, particularly the vacation of the southern portion of the alley while creating a 90-degree turn that will take alley traffi c onto the entrance into the restaurant from Acoma Street.

Councilmember Jill Wilson said she looks forward to the public hearings so she can hear from the company and from the residents.

Councilmember Joe Jefferson agreed. He also talked about traffi c.

“Traffi c is a big issue for area residents,” he said. “I would ask that the city traffi c en-gineer be at the public hearing to provide information when we discuss the issue of traffi c.”

In keeping with city requirements, the company held a neighborhood meeting July 31 at Mayfl ower Church about the Chick-fi l-A proposal. About 35 people at-tended the meeting.

Residents who spoke at the meeting were primarily concerned with the in-creased traffi c on Acoma and alteration of the alley route.

Steve Lewis, senior development man-ager for Chick-fi l-A, attended the meeting and told the resident he heard and under-stood their concerns.

“We will work with our designers and with the city to see what we can do to ad-dress the issues raised at this meeting,” he said.

Road work � nished on US 85 New 4-lane stretch of Santa Fe Drive open By Virginia Grantier [email protected]

Santa Fe Drive, from C-470 to Louvi-ers, is now in that entire stretch a four-lane road because of the recent com-pletion of a 1.3-mile section between Highlands Ranch and Louviers.

The project, which cost $7.9 million and took almost 14 months to complete, also involved construction of two new bridges, new medians, curbs and gut-ters, a new storm drain system, detention ponds, landscaping and signing.

Jody Allen, a project engineer for the Colorado Department of Transporta-tion (CDOT), told Colorado Community

Media Dec. 9 that there weren’t any ac-cidents during construction or major problems.

Another positive: “One of the bridges provides passage for wildlife,” she said.

Douglas County contributed $4 mil-lion toward the project and the state’s FASTER program contributed $2.4 mil-lion to the project, according to a past press release from CDOT.

The speed limit on US 85 in that sec-tion, reduced to 40 mph during construc-tion hours, is now back up to 55.

There is still more work to do.Allen said that U.S. 85 is about 15.2

miles long from Douglas County’s county line south to Meadows Parkway. About 8.5 miles of that is now four-lane road, with about 6.7 miles still to be done.

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The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Offi ce is investigating a fatal traffi c accident that occurred the night of Dec. 8.

Dashane McKee, a 34-year-old Centen-nial resident, was arrested in connection with the crash and faces an array of charges including vehicular homicide and DUI. He

is being held on a $50,000 bond in Arapa-hoe County.

According to a release from the sheriff’s offi ce, at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Sun-day night deputies responded to the area of 4600 South Reservoir Road to investi-gate a three-vehicle accident that was the cause of multiple injuries. One driver who was trapped in the wreckage of his vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The de-ceased victim has not been identifi ed.

Several other victims were transported to area hospitals for further medical care.

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Littleton resident sets up journey for 2014By Sonya [email protected]

Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Luberon, Marseille, Orange, Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa, Taormina and more … Travel-ers interested in art and architectural history will find “food for the soul” on a daily basis as they embark on a tour offered May 17 to June 4 by veteran traveler Christine Khorsand of Littleton.

Khorsand taught at Arapahoe Community College from 1991 to 2011 (French, Spanish, art history). And starting in 1993, she arranged summer art-related, faculty-led study trips to France and Italy for students and others. Tour members could paint, take photographs, study art history and French in various combinations, in various years — at various locations. When she retired, she started her own company: Christine’s Travels.

ACC art professor Susan Goggins, who was on many of those trips, will be the art history lecturer in 2013.

Many previous trips began, as this one does, with time in Aix-en-Provence, where Khorsand grew up — a city related to the others she plans to visit by reflecting thousands of years of accumulated layers of culture.

One finds Roman and Greek ruins (an ancient theater is retrofitted to host jazz concerts), Medieval and Renaissance, Classical and Baroque and the landscapes that attracted the famous painters: Van Gogh, Cezanne, Picasso and more…

Field trips by bus will visit surrounding points of interest,

while trav-

elers will stay in

Aix for eight nights. Next, a

flight from Marseille will carry travelers to Pal-

ermo in Sicily for touring from May 25 to June 4, with stays at several different towns — and travel again by private bus.

Sicily also has been home to dozens of civilizations, which have left a mark. Khorsand said she had not been there previ-ously and she just returned from an extended visit, where she determined a route, visited ancient cultural sites, towns and prospective hotels and arranged for bus transportation — and built her level of excitement about its wonders.

The estimated cost is $3,300, based on double occupancy, assuming the price of the euro doesn’t change dramatically. A deposit of $1,000 will be due by Jan. 15, 2014, so she can reserve hotels and transportation.

That amount does not include round trip airfare from Denver to Marseille (probably about $1,000), but Khorsand will be happy to assist with the numerous choices. She thinks some people might want to spend some time in Paris before or after this excursion, for example, and she can help with arrangements.

The limit would be 20 travelers, she says, and a minimum of 12 is needed for it to work financially. It might be possible to do one segment or the other as long as the minimum is covered.

For more information, contact Khorsand at 720-261-8452, [email protected]

Temple at Agrigento. Sicily. 6th Century B.C. is part of Sicily’s 10,000 years of recorded history. Photo courtesy of Christine Khorsand

Rush’s show edges Rosen

Radio talk show conservative Mike Rosen, who turned 69 Dec. 5, is taking his show to a slightly different time slot begin-ning Jan. 2.

“KOA (850 AM) is about the only station in the country that delays Rush (Lim-baugh) two hours,” Rosen told me on his birthday. “The parent company of Clear Channel decided to (air) Rush live from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. `The Colorado Morning News’ show with Stefan (Tubbs) and April (Zesbaugh) will move to 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and become five hours instead of four.”

Changing the `Rush Limbaugh Show’ to live time left Rosen with the 1 to 3 p.m. time slot after working a 9 a.m. to noon spot.

“I understand and it’s fine with me,” Rosen told me. “I’m on the air one less hour, which makes me on the air five hours less a week. But with show prep (answer-ing emails, contacting advertisers, etc.), I still work 70 hours a week. So many people listen to my show online, so for them noth-ing will change.”

Rosen said his contract with Clear Channel lasts another 1½ years, then he’ll see what happens. “I take it one contract at a time,” he said.

Manning minds mannersPerhaps the sure way to secure an au-

tograph from Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is to invite him to your wedding. Sounds more tidy than playing the post-game waiting game or bidding beaucoup bucks on a signed jersey during a charity auction.

In the case of Anna and James, a couple with a wedding last fall, all they had to do was send No. 18 a formal invitation, according to a post on Reddit. A photo of the signed invite went viral after a Redditor “Lackadaisical Romp” posted the pic of the wedding invitation sent by his sister.

Not only did Manning show his South-ern gentlemanly manners by responding in a timely manner, but he checked off the “regretfully decline” box and added the inscription, “Anna and James, Best Wishes.”

A Yahoo.com poster quipped, “Perhaps our favorite comment about the photo comes courtesy of Redditor `MasterSplin-ter21’ who writes, `Eli (Manning) replied too, but his response was intercepted.’ Even with two Super Bowl rings and the Giants’ current winning streak, poor Eli still gets treated like the little brother.”

Christkindl returnsDenver’s 13th annual Christkindl Market

at Skyline Park on the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe (across from the D&F Tower and ice skating rink) brings a German flair to Christmas shopping and entertainment through Dec. 21.

This year’s market — Colorado’s largest and most authentic Christkindl venue — will be bigger and better than ever by add-ing more music, more beer and Gluehwein (mulled red wine), entertainment and more holiday spirit.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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

Handmade gifts add spice to holidaysUnique items are offered by artists, craftsmenBy Sonya [email protected]

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, shop-pers might consider some close-to-home locations that sell items created by local art-ists and craftsmen. No two pieces of art are exactly alike, but all are created with great pride and skill.

And these colorful, inviting places are relaxed, casual and fun to visit. We cite a few ongo-ing, year-round shops and gal-leries, rather than short-term artisan markets (which we also recommend.)

In Littleton:• Depot Art Gallery, 2069

W. Powers Ave., is housed in a historic 1881 Santa Fe Railroad depot that served Littleton when early rail lines came to town. During the U.S. bicen-

tennial celebration, the depot was turned into an art gal-lery through a major effort by the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, with community support. It is owned and maintained by the City of Littleton and operated by members of the Littleton Fine Art Guild, who volunteer. For the holidays each year, it schedules “The Holiday Ex-press,” a show/sale of crafts and small fine arts by mem-bers and invited artists. Here

one will find whimsical rotund ceramic critters, glass art, tree decorations, note cards, an-gels, animal wall plaques for a child’s room, scarves, jewelry, photographs (I especially liked an egret) and inexpensive mat-ted paintings and prints. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. 303-795-0781.

• The Pottery Gallery Studio, 5739 S. Curtice St., is operated by potter Kim Louise Glidden

in a former Buick dealership garage in historic downtown Littleton. She represents more than 50 artists, including pot-ters, sculptors, metal workers, jewelry makers and painters. 303-738-2275.

• Willow — an Artisans Mar-ket, 2400 W. Main St. in down-town Littleton, is operated by Helen Rice. It represents more than 200 artists — most from Colorado — who create jew-elry, pottery, garden art, greet-ing cards, clothing, accessories, glassware, paintings and prints. 303-730-8521.

In Castle Rock:• Art on the Edge, 314 Wilcox

St., is run by the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild, open Tuesdays through Sundays, which has a range of paintings, artwork called “Small Packages” (not larger than 12”x12”) and other gift items made by members. Also on exhibit: “Everything Watercolor” with works by Paul Valdez and Marcia Ames. 303-814-3300.

We will be interested in learning from readers about more locations in our south suburbs that feature original, locally created arts and crafts such as these.

In the Depot Art Gallery’s baggage room, an array of handmade gifts are available. Photo courtesy of Dustin Ellingboe

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Novel tells rousing tale of 1890 Denver Young lawyer plays role of truth-seeker By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

“About half a dozen regular cus-tomers leaned on the bar in Murphy’s Denver Saloon … as good as any spot to spend the hot summer morning …” Then two angry men stormed in and a fi ght ensued over the atten-tions both had paid to a lady of the night, a “soiled dove.”

At about that time, Andrew Coyle, Esq., a newly minted lawyer from Philadelphia, arrived by train and saw policemen escorting a prisoner along the street.

He took the cable car to 17th and Larimer Streets and headed for the classy Windsor Hotel … Familiar names of buildings and businesses add to the fun of solving a mystery.

Before he embarked on writing “Murder in the Rockies,” author G. Eldon “Gary” Smith had read a great deal of Denver history, circa 1890 — books by Tom Noel, Phil Goldstein and especially “Hell’s Belles: Prosti-tution and Vice in Early Denver” by Clark Secrest.

(The third-generation Longmont native, who now lives in Centennial, notes that Secrest was two classes ahead of him at Longmont High School. )

“As I was doing my research about early days in Colorado, I kept coming across the year 1890 as a time when many events took place. It soon be-

came apparent that my novel was go-ing to take place in 1890. I put down the basic premise and the begin-ning and end of my novel and let the characters tell their own story. Many characters I had not forseen entered the story and changed the plot. I just used spell check and left the story up to the characters.”

And he has a grand assortment of characters — some we have read about in history books and others who are fi gments of Smith’s imagina-tion.

They actually are reasonably well under the author’s control most of

the time.They cross paths in downtown

Denver — described as it was then, visit restaurants and bars and court-rooms.

Coyle defends a rancher accused of murdering a miner, although Coyle is convinced of his innocence.

Smith said he had visited all the locations mentioned in the novel — some during Tom Noel’s and Dennis Gallagher’s historic walking tours/lectures.

Coyle had to do a quick study on Colorado statutes and had to fi gure out how to locate the actual murder-er of Henry Defl er, since he was cer-tain his fi rst client, Will Conway, was innocent — unfortunately, he had been heard to threaten Defl er in that opening bar scene and most in town considered him guilty.

The reader travels with the young attorney to Idaho Springs and up into mining country in search of the truth and Smith describes the dry, dusty, rutted roads and miner’s claims as we encounter other gun-toting char-acters. Coyle Esq. fi nally fi gures it out in Sherlockian manner, outwitting the murderer. (A local sheriff is dis-covering Arthur Conan Doyle’s books and talks of the technology such as fi ngerprint analysis.)

And then, there is the pretty hab-erdasher’s daughter …

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Dwyer behind Lone Tree showMany area theater fans will remember

Paul Dwyer from the late, lamented Coun-try Dinner Play House, where he acted, directed and produced more than 100 pro-ductions over many years, according to a reprint of a 2008 Denver Post story. He is now working with Starkey Theatrix and will direct a return performance to Lone Tree Arts Center of “Home for the Holidays,” which he worked with last season as well. It will have new material and cast members, yet retain its warm family-oriented flavor as more than 50 performers sing, dance and entertain. The production runs Dec. 12-22, with evening and matinee performanc-es. Lone Tree Arts Center is located at 10075 Commons Street, Lone Tree. See LoneTree-ArtsCenter.org for times and ticket prices, or call the box office, 720-509-1000.

Wind ensemble show“High Country Holidays” is the title for

Colorado Wind Ensemble’s Dec. 14 concert, at 7:30 p.m. at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Lo-cal composer David Hanson’s “Fanfare for Mountains and Plains” will be featured, as will Christmas, Hanukkah and classical music. A benefit bake sale follows the con-

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South Park storiesAuthor Christie Wright will give a slide

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Spotlight on SpotlightSpotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328

E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch, an-nounces two performances and three audi-tions: “Annie,” a full-length musical produc-tion, will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 13-14. Tickets: $12 at the door. A “Holiday Variety Show” will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 and 2 p.m. Dec. 21. Tickets: $5, will provide food, clothing, gifts for those in need this holiday season. (Good opportunities for prospective students to see how this school operates.) Auditions are slated: Dec. 20, 4 p.m. — “Sound of Music” for teens and children 5 and older. Now to January — “Winnie the Pooh” for ages 3 to 9. Now to January — “Bye Bye Birdie” for teens and children 5 and older. Call to au-dition at 720-443-2623. Information: spot-lightperformers.com.

It’s a thrillerBestselling authors James Rollins and

Rebecca Cantrell will introduce their new novel in the “Order of the Sanguines Se-ries”: “Innocent Blood.” They will appear at

the Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 to discuss a mystery in which the answers are found in a gospel written in Jesus’ own blood. Archaeologist Erin Granger returns to the scene. (The pair will also appear at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins at 2 p.m. Dec. 14.)

Local authorsSherry Ray of Centennial has just re-

leased “Finding Traction: Recapture Your Drive at Work,” which can be found at Ray’s website: sherryray.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/finding-traction. Ginny Mellick of Castle Rock has a new book called “Where Have All the Angels Gone?” which deals with the heart-wrench-ing experience of losing a child, and helpful responses. Available from: Dorrance Pub-lishing ($8), dorrancebookstore.com.

Concert at church“Jingle, Jangle, Jive” is a concert by the

Denver Gay Men’s Chorus at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 and 19 at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Tickets are available at rmarts.org or call 303-325-3959.


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Villano brings it on for ChristmasMusician hopes for large crowd at Lone Tree churchBy Sonya [email protected]

For the multi-talented Dave Villano, presenting his “Christmas Magic” concert at Word of Life Christian Center in Lone Tree on Dec. 19 is a particular pleasure. It’s in home territory.

The 1996 Highlands Ranch High School graduate, who had started his first band at 13 and won a high school talent contest be-fore he graduated, spent a few years away in Nashville, playing with a Christian band called Shaded Red and with others; un-derwent heart surgery; recovered; toured; wrote and recorded.

In 2000, he moved back to Denver and continued his career as a successful, na-tional, independent recording artist and performer at churches, arts and music fes-tivals nationwide — selling his CDs as he travels and performs. He now lives in unin-corporated Arapahoe County.

When in town, he enjoys time with nearby family members — his parents still live in Highlands Ranch and siblings are close also. His brother Ed, an engineer by profession — and a percussionist with the

band — helps out as assistant producer when it’s holiday concert time.

Both said that next year the band will transition to year round scheduling, with a series of outdoor summer concerts and expanded venues for Christmas concerts — hopefully in Fort Collins and maybe Boulder. This year, they performed Dec. 12 at Stargazers Theatre in Colorado Springs.

The band’s special sound could be re-lated to inclusion of some unusual instru-ments: Tina Gugler, for example, is a U.S. National hammered dulcimer champion and Eric Olson is well known for his per-formances on Uillean pipes, a smaller Irish form of bagpipe where the bellows are pumped with the elbow. Dave Villano plays an Irish pennywhistle, electric violin, guitar, Uillean pipes and more. Ed Villano plays a stumpf fiddle.

Dave is proud that band member Dave Beegle, who was once Villano’s guitar

teacher, was named “Best Independent Guitarist of the Year” by Guitar Player mag-azine. “Through Dave, I met other players,” he said.

The band leader was enthused about new vocalist Devan Jones, an “American Idol” contestant, as “filled with charisma, energy, soul …” He said he tries to find the best possible local talent and found James

by googling “American Idol, Denver,” which brought up a YouTube video. (Vo-calist Taylor Jordan was also an “American Idol” contestant.)

The band’s music is described as “tradi-tional, Celtic, and contemporary holiday music … running the full gamut of musical experience … from classical to folk, rock and everything in between.”

Dave Villano’s band includes: Top, l to r: Matt Weesner, keyboards; Christian Teel, drums; Devan Jones, vocals; Frank Lynn violin; Dave Villano, electric guitar, Irish whistle; Taylor Mesple, keyboards; Eric Olson, Uillean pipes. Seated: Michael Olson, Bass Guitar; Tina Gugler, hammered dulcimer; Taylor Jordan, vocals; Dave Beegle, electric guitar; Ed Villano, percussion, stumpf fiddle. The band will appear in Lone Tree on Dec. 19. Courtesy photo

if you goThe Word of Life Christian Center is located at

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pirates girls roll to victoryEnglewood beats Alameda 52-20 in first game in new gymBy Tom [email protected]

Cheers and pep band music rocked the walls of Englewood’s new north gymnasium when several hundred fans ignored the snow and cold Dec. 4 to fill the stands as the Englewood High School girls basketball team faced Alameda in the first varsity game in the facility.

Winter sports competitions were held in the EHS Fieldhouse for about half a century.

But this year, all the winter sports teams will be in the north gymnasium for home contests because the field house is under-going total remodeling as part of the project creating a seventh- through 12th-grade campus on the high school site.

Before the Dec. 4 varsity con-test, Superintendent Brian Ewert tossed up the ball for the cer-emonial tipoff in the new gym-nasium

When the game started, Al-ameda scored the first basket but it was all Englewood from there as they rolled to a 52-20 win.

“It is great to start the home court season with a win like this,” Coach Thomas Rode said after the game. “There was a lot of emotion surrounding tonight’s game as our brand new program came into this brand new gym to play rival Alameda.”

He said the crowd was amazing as they cheered and screamed for Englewood teams playing at all three levels, fresh-man, junior varsity and varsity.

The win gave the Pirates a 1-1

season record after they lost the Dec. 3 opener at Denver North, 34-30 before besting Alameda.

For their next game, Engle-wood was to travel to Sheridan Dec. 6, and then they were to re-turn home Dec. 13 against Jeffer-son. They wrap up the December portion of their schedule on the road Dec. 17 against Arvada.

On Dec. 4, after Ewert’s role in the ceremonial tipoff, Alam-eda scored two points on a la-yup before Englewood’s offense got rolling. The home team then pushed the ball up the court and scored on layups as well as outside shots, outscoring Alam-eda 19-2 through the rest of the quarter.

Englewood’s lead stretched to 27-9 at halftime as Elijah Daugh-try spearheaded the attack with 18 first-half points.

“It was a special night and I had a good time,” Daughtry said after the game. “It was special to play the first game in the new gymnasium. It was great going against a rival like Alameda and it was a big boost for our team to have a big crowd in the stands cheering us on.”

She said this is her senior sea-son and she took the court ready to play.

For the game, she scored 23 points, pulled down 10 offen-sive rebounds and five rebounds off the defensive boards and blocked two shots.

Her scoring included a pair of 3-pointers and 16 points on pull-up jump shots. She smiled and said those shots were from her spot on the floor and she said it was a great way to start the sea-son.

Rode substituted frequently so that everyone on the roster got into the game, but the team continued to click and went on to win the game, 52-20.

Game statistics show Miranda

Holman had six points, pulled down six rebounds and had a team-high five steals.

Senior Kadie Kavinsky con-tributed to the win as she had seven points and three steals.

“It was a good game for me and, since Alameda is one of fa-vorite rivalry games of the sea-son, it felt good to get this win,”

she said. “Our new coach pushes us hard to help us improve our play and that showed up in how we did tonight.”

She said the night was spe-cial with the new gym and all the fans in the stands.

“I was surprised to see so many people come out tonight,” she said. “Even one of the of-

ficials commented about our good, enthusiastic fans. I told him we were lucky to have them.”

Kavinsky said her goals for the season are to get closer to her teammates and to be a senior leader.

“I also want to work on get-ting off more shots and scoring more points,” she said.

Englewood’s Kadie Kavinsky (00) drives in for a layup during a Dec. 4 game against Alameda. Englewood won 52-20 to open the school’s new gym with a victory. Photo by Tom Munds

Englewood wrestlers open season on matsPirates split squad, grapple at two tourneysBy Tom [email protected]

Englewood wrestling coach Jim Potter pointed to the fact that he has a young team as the reason he took only five kids to the Dec. 7 Arapahoe Warrior Invita-tional, while the remainder of his team traveled to a JV tournament at Fairview on Saturday.

“I brought five wrestlers, a senior, three sophomores and a freshman to the War-rior Invitational,” Potter said. “I left it up to the underclassmen and four of them decided to come here and I agreed be-cause I felt this would be good experience against top caliber competition. The other kids went to the Fairview JV tournament which will help them get experience and mat time at their level of competition.”

Freshman Sam Westra (132), sopho-mores Tristan Cassilwatts (138), Kevin Mahler (195) and Ben McFarland (220)

and senior Kenny Gelinas (285) competed at the Warrior Invitational.

Gelinas was the only Englewood wres-tler to place, finishing sixth. The senior typically faces a tough battle at 285, be-cause his opponents usually have a weight advantage. For example, in the Warrior Invitational championship quarterfinal, Gelinas — who weighs about 240 pounds — wrestled Mitch Howard of Regis who weighs about 280.

“He was big and it is difficult to take him down, but I scored the points and won the match,” said Gelinas, who topped the Regis wrestler, 3-0.

“I have worked hard to get better and I’ve come into the season stronger and faster than I was last season,” he said. “I know more moves this season and my wrestling techniques are better. I am working to get in better physical condition and improve my stamina and I am look-ing for this to be a pretty good wrestling season for me.”

The Pirates wrestled their first home match Dec. 11 against Alameda after the Herald went to press, and will close out the 2013 portion of the 2013-14 schedule Dec. 14 at Denver North.

Englewood’s Kenny Gelinas works to turn his Regis opponent onto his back during the quarterfinals of the Dec. 7 Warrior Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Arapahoe High School. Gelinas won the match, 3-0 to advance to the 285-pound semifinals. Photo by Tom Munds


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Boys basketball

Englewood 55, Summit 49Sean Bowering has started to

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Englewood 31, Berthoud 47In a loss against Berthoud, Isaiah Mestas netted 12

points, while Austin Trail had three assists and Sean Bowering had six rebounds.

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FRIDAY 7 p.m. - Englewood @ JeffersonMONDAY 7:30 p.m. - Englewood vs. CentaurusTUESDAY 7 p.m. - Englewood vs. Arvada

By Metro Creative Connection

The holiday season is a festive time of year when opportunities to entertain abound. The search may be on for the ideal food and beverage recipes to tie into the holiday season.

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Bruins take team title at tourneyCherry Creek tops Arapahoe at Warrior InvitationalBy Tom [email protected]

Cherry Creek amassed the points needed to edge rival Arapahoe and 11 other schools, earning the team title at the Dec. 7 Warrior Invitational Tournament.

The Bruins and Warriors are traditional rivals and battled it out again this year for the 37th team title in the tournament’s long history at Arapahoe High School.

Bruins coach Steve Luhring said his team is strong with 10 seniors in the lineup.

“We have a lot of kids coming back plus some of last year’s JV wrestlers who are step-ping up for us,” he said during a break in Sat-urday’s action. “We are good up and down the weight divisions. This is a good early tournament because we get a lot of mat time and get to see a lot of good opponents.”

Warriors coach Steve Sisler will have a lot

of depth to play around with this year, and said he had the largest turnout in team his-tory as 75 athletes turned out for the team.

“We are enthusiastic and competitive,” he said during a break after Saturday’s quar-terfinals. “We have a number of returning seniors who will help anchor our team this season so we should be pretty good. I have seen some good things from our wrestlers so far and I’ve seen some things we will be working on.”

At that point in the tournament, Arapa-hoe was leading the team standings with 103.5 points and Cherry Creek was second with 102 points. But, when the champion-ships were decided in all weight divisions, the Bruins had won seven titles and had four other wrestlers place, helping them capture the team title with 258 points.

The Warriors battled hard and, while they didn’t win any weight divisions, they had a dozen wrestlers place, earning them enough points to take runner-up honors with 225 points. Lakewood was third in the team standings with 173 points.

Griebel forced out as Heritage fotball coachNo reason given; community urges his reinstatementBy Tom Munds and Jennifer SmithStaff writers

Heritage High School has decided to take its football team in a different direc-tion, one that does not include longtime head coach Mike Griebel.

A letter was sent to “Heritage Football Families” on Dec. 5 stating that Griebel “is no longer coaching” for the school. No reason for his dismissal was given.

“It is not much fun,” Griebel said by phone Dec. 6. “The school told me their decision earlier this week. I didn’t do anything wrong, and I want the kids to know I did not leave them, that I did not resign or retire from coaching.”

He said he already had put in the pa-pers to retire from teaching in May.

“I am retiring from teaching, but I had planned to stay on as a coach for the next three years while my son Mikey is here at Heritage,” he said. “It was not my deci-sion to leave the position as Eagles head football coach.”

The community is rallying behind Griebel, who coached the Eagles to the Class 4A state championship in 2009. As of the afternoon of Dec. 6, more than 1,100 people had signed a petition on change.org asking that he be reinstated.

“Coach Griebel has taught more than football to these boys,” reads the peti-tion. “Coach Griebel has given valuable life lessons both on and off the field. Coach Griebel has been the face of Heri-tage and the Heritage football program for more than 30 years. Coach Griebel is a coach that goes beyond his responsibili-ties as a high-school head coach. Coach Griebel builds fine young men with char-acter who have come together as a team to play football to honor their school.”

District officials say coaching deci-sions are made at the school level, but neither Heritage’s principal nor athletic director could be reached for comment.

“Coaching changes occur every year in every school at all levels,” said Diane Leiker, director of communications for Littleton Public Schools. “Coaching posi-tions are year-to-year supplemental as-signments and are not part of a teaching position.”

Griebel graduated from Cherry Creek High School and went to college at the University of Northern Colorado. He did his student teaching at Heritage and has been coaching football at the school in one capacity or another since the early 1980s. Griebel was named head coach in 1995.

“As I said, this is a sad time, so I try to

remember all the good things,” he said. “I finish as the Eagles football coach with the most wins, I was named coach of the year six times and I was fortunate that our team won the state title in 2009.”

The Eagles moved up in classification to 5A in the years since that champion-ship and haven’t found the same kind of success. Heritage finished this past sea-son 5-5 after falling to Mountain Range in the first round of the playoffs — a game in which Griebel’s son Mikey, a freshman quarterback, accounted for a pair of touchdowns.

But Griebel’s impact clearly went be-yond the win-loss columns. Many who left comments on the petition speak highly of Griebel’s integrity, calling him a leader and mentor who was a positive in-fluence on students on and off the field.

“Coach Griebel taught me how to be a man not only on the football field, but in every aspect of my life,” wrote Gus Nemechek of Littleton. “He went out of his way to encourage me and many oth-ers to succeed in school, sports, and was always a positive role model for every-one in the community. I honestly do not know where I would be without his influ-ence.”

Griebel said he heard about the efforts to get the school to reverse its position and said he appreciates the community support. But some parents who signed the petition aren’t sure their opinions will be valued.

“I’m upset to see that Heritage ad-ministration made such a rash decision,” wrote Modesta Martinez of Centennial. “If our opinions are so valued, please hear us when we say we don’t want a new coach and wish our opinions would have been taken into consideration when making this decision.”–

Mike Griebel learned last week that he will no longer be the head coach of Heritage High School football. File photo

the letterBelow is the text of a letter sent to “Heritage Football

Families.” The letter, dated Dec. 5, was signed by Heri-tage High School Principal Stacey Riendeau and Ath-letic Director Brock Becker.

“As many of you may have heard, Mike Griebel is no longer coaching for Heritage High School. He has for-mally retired from his teaching career at the end of the current school year, as well. Mike has had a long, suc-cessful teaching and coaching career here at Heritage, and we sincerely thank him for his dedication and ser-vice to the students, parents and larger Heritage com-munity. We wish him all the best in his retirement.

“We will begin our search for a new coach in the up-coming weeks, and we will send you information about our next steps and how you as a parent or a student athlete can be involved in the process. As always, you may contact either of us via email if you have questions or concerns.”


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CITY OF SHERIDANNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

REGARDING ANNEXATION Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sheridan shall hold a public hearing on January 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Sheridan City Hall, 4101 South Federal Boulevard, Sheridan, CO, upon the proposed annexation of a parcel of land located at 3371 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE as requested by R&C Night LLC, and more specifically described in the petition of annexation which is attached hereto and made a part of this notice. Such hearing shall be for the purpose

of determining and finding whether the area proposed to be annexed meets the applicable requirements of Colorado Revised Statutes 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 and is considered eligible for annexation.

Arlene Sagee, City ClerkCity of Sheridan

Legal Notice No.: 4535 First Publication: November 22, 2013Last Publication: December 20, 2013 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice

Notice To Creditors Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of DANIA J. MARSHALL,

a/k/a DANIA JAI MARSHALL,a/k/a DANIA MARSHALL, Deceased

Case No. 2013 PR 030480

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 March 31,2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marilyn PinkermanPersonal Representativec/o Hall & Evans, LLC,1125 17th Street, Suite 600Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No.: 4553First Publication: November 29, 2013Last Publication: December 13, 2013Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of MARY SHEILA IMHOFF,

a/k/a MARY S. IMHOFF,a/k/a MARY IMHOFF, Deceased,

Case No.: 2013 PR 030532

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 April 14,2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael F. ImhoffPersonal Representativec/o Hall & Evans, LLC,1001 17th Street, Suite 300Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No.: 4571First Publication: December 13, 2013Last Publication: December 27, 2013Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Notice To Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of MARY SHEILA IMHOFF,

a/k/a MARY S. IMHOFF,a/k/a MARY IMHOFF, Deceased,

Case No.: 2013 PR 030532

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 April 14,2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael F. ImhoffPersonal Representativec/o Hall & Evans, LLC,1001 17th Street, Suite 300Denver, CO 80202


PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Sharon L. Voegtle,

aka Sharon Voegtle, DeceasedCase Number: 2013 PR 30504

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 7,2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. VoegtlePersonal Representative4021 S. Birch StreetCherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113

Legal Notice No: 4556First Publication: December 6, 2013Last Publication: December 20, 2013Publisher: Englewood Herald

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice

ATTN: Former patients of Dr. NeilCowen D.D.S. located at 3535 S Lafay-ette St, Ste 108, Englewood, CO 80113,303-761-8688. We will be destroying pa-tient records from 2006 on December16th, 2013, and mid December ever yearafter for the next seven years until all re-cords are destroyed. Please contact ouroffice no later than December 31st, 2013 ifyou need your records prior to their de-struction.


Public Notice

The office of Dr. Paul Weyman will beproperly disposing of patient recordsfor patients not seen since 2003 or 2004.If you were a patient of record and havenot been seen in our office since 2003 or2004, you may request your records bywriting to our office by December 31,2013. Email requests cannot be honored.You must give identifying informationabout yourself, such as name, birthdate,social security number. Please mail yourrequest to Paul Weyman, D.D.S. 3601 S.Clarkson St. #310 Englewood CO 80113


Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

The office of Dr. Paul Weyman will beproperly disposing of patient recordsfor patients not seen since 2003 or 2004.If you were a patient of record and havenot been seen in our office since 2003 or2004, you may request your records bywriting to our office by December 31,2013. Email requests cannot be honored.You must give identifying informationabout yourself, such as name, birthdate,social security number. Please mail yourrequest to Paul Weyman, D.D.S. 3601 S.Clarkson St. #310 Englewood CO 80113


Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

NOVEMBER 2013 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED INWATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV.1Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of NOVEM-BER 2013 for each County affected.

13CW3143 PROSPER FARMS INVEST-MENTS, LLC, c/o Gregory A. Ruegseg-ger, Esq., 5641 N. Broadway, Denver,Colorado 80216. Stephen C. Larson,Esq., David F. Bower, Esq., Johnson &Repucci LLP, 2521 Broadway, Suite A,Boulder, Colorado 80304. Applicationfor Conditional Underground Water Rightsand Approval of Plan for Augmentation inARAPAHOE COUNTY. Overview. Ap-plicant owns property in Arapahoe County,Colorado that is being developed into amixed use, master planned community(the “Property”). By this application, Ap-plicant is seeking underground waterrights for tributary ground water wells thatwill be used to supply water to the Prop-erty for irrigation and other purposes pur-suant to the plan for augmentation de-scribed below. A map of the current Prop-erty boundaries and depicting the locationof the subject wells is attached hereto asExhibit A. APPLICATION FOR CONDI-TIONAL UNDERGROUND WATERRIGHTS. Name and Description of Struc-tures and Water Rights. Name and LegalDescription of Wells. The Prosper BoxElder Well Nos. 1–4 (collectively, the“Prosper Box Elder Wells”) will be an in-tegrated alluvial well field used to supplywater to the Property. The wells are anti-cipated to be drilled at the following loca-tions, but may be located anywhere on theproperty Applicant owns in the NW1/4 ofSection 5 and NE1/4 of Section 6, Town-ship 4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6thP.M., as generally depicted on the ExhibitA inset and referred to therein as theNorth East Parcel: Prosper Box ElderWell No. 1. Prosper Box Elder Well No. 1is located in the NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section5, Township 4 South, Range 64 West, ofthe 6th P.M., at a point 230 feet from thenorth section line and 110 feet from thewest section line of said Section 5 (Zone13, NAD83, Northing 4398859m, Easting535738m). Prosper Box Elder Well No. 2.Prosper Box Elder Well No. 2 is located inthe NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M.,at a point 920 feet from the north sectionline and 390 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398634m, Easting 535821m).Prosper Box Elder Well No. 3. ProsperBox Elder Well No. 3 is located in theSW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 4South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M., ata point 1,580 feet from the north sectionline and 880 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398444m, Easting 535977m).Prosper Box Elder Well No. 4. ProsperBox Elder Well No. 4 is located in theSE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 4South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M., ata point 2,290 feet from the north sectionline and 1,770 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398226m, Easting 536247m).Source of Water. Ground water from theBox Elder Creek alluvial aquifer, tributaryto Box Elder Creek, tributary to the SouthPlatte River. Depth of Wells. Approxim-ately 60 feet. Date of Appropriation.March 5, 2012. Appropriation was initi-ated by the formation of requisite intent,coupled with actions manifesting such in-tent sufficient to put third parties on notice.Amount Claimed in gallons per minute(gpm). 1,200 gpm, conditional. The max-imum rate of withdrawal for all four of theProsper Box Elder Wells, combined, willnot exceed 1,200 gpm, conditional.Amount Claimed in acre-feet annually.800 acre-feet/year, conditional. The max-imum volume of withdrawal for all four ofthe Prosper Box Elder Wells, combined,will not exceed 800 acre-feet per year.Uses or Proposed Uses. Irrigation, muni-cipal, domestic, commercial, industrial, re-creation, construction and dust suppres-sion, wetlands creation and maintenance,fire protection, and augmentation. Thewater may be used, reused and success-ively reused to extinction. Place of Use.Water withdrawn from the Prosper BoxElder Wells will be used on the Property.Name of Owner of Land Upon WhichStructures are Located. All of the subjectstructures are on land owned by Applic-ant. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OFPLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. Name ofStructures to be Augmented. The ProsperBox Elder Wells, as more particularly de-scribed in paragraph 3.A. above. WaterRights to be Used for Augmentation. Re-usable effluent from the wastewater treat-ment plant to be constructed on the Prop-erty, delivered to the Box Elder Creek allu-vium at or up-gradient of the Prosper BoxElder Wells. At full build-out, Applicantanticipates that approximately 400 acre-feet/year of reusable effluent will be avail-able for augmentation of the wells. Lawnirrigation return flows (LIRFs) from irriga-tion on the Property with fully-consumablewater, timed to the point of depletion onthe Box Elder Creek alluvium. At fullbuild-out, Applicant anticipates that ap-proximately 400 acre-feet/year of LIRFswill be available for augmentation of thewells. Underground water rights from thenontributary Denver Basin aquifers under-lying Applicant’s well field in ArapahoeCounty, as decreed on December 14,2011, in Case No. 11CW22, Water Divi-sion 1. The nontributary water shall bedelivered to the Box Elder Creek alluviumat or up-gradient of the Prosper Box ElderWells. The nontributary water will also beused as the primary source of augmenta-tion for the Prosper Box Elder Wells priorto the availability of reusable effluent andLIRFs, including use of the Prosper BoxElder Wells for development purposes orfor agricultural irrigation on the Propertybefore development commences. The av-erage annual amount of ground wateravailable to be withdrawn from each of thenontributary Denver Basin aquifers under-lying the Property is as follows:

Aquifer Type Annual Withdrawal (af/yr)Upper Arapahoe NT 1,314.0


Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT,WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

NOVEMBER 2013 WATER RESUMEPUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED INWATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV.1Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are no-tified that the following is a resume of allwater right applications and certainamendments filed in the Office of the Wa-ter Clerk during the month of NOVEM-BER 2013 for each County affected.

13CW3143 PROSPER FARMS INVEST-MENTS, LLC, c/o Gregory A. Ruegseg-ger, Esq., 5641 N. Broadway, Denver,Colorado 80216. Stephen C. Larson,Esq., David F. Bower, Esq., Johnson &Repucci LLP, 2521 Broadway, Suite A,Boulder, Colorado 80304. Applicationfor Conditional Underground Water Rightsand Approval of Plan for Augmentation inARAPAHOE COUNTY. Overview. Ap-plicant owns property in Arapahoe County,Colorado that is being developed into amixed use, master planned community(the “Property”). By this application, Ap-plicant is seeking underground waterrights for tributary ground water wells thatwill be used to supply water to the Prop-erty for irrigation and other purposes pur-suant to the plan for augmentation de-scribed below. A map of the current Prop-erty boundaries and depicting the locationof the subject wells is attached hereto asExhibit A. APPLICATION FOR CONDI-TIONAL UNDERGROUND WATERRIGHTS. Name and Description of Struc-tures and Water Rights. Name and LegalDescription of Wells. The Prosper BoxElder Well Nos. 1–4 (collectively, the“Prosper Box Elder Wells”) will be an in-tegrated alluvial well field used to supplywater to the Property. The wells are anti-cipated to be drilled at the following loca-tions, but may be located anywhere on theproperty Applicant owns in the NW1/4 ofSection 5 and NE1/4 of Section 6, Town-ship 4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6thP.M., as generally depicted on the ExhibitA inset and referred to therein as theNorth East Parcel: Prosper Box ElderWell No. 1. Prosper Box Elder Well No. 1is located in the NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section5, Township 4 South, Range 64 West, ofthe 6th P.M., at a point 230 feet from thenorth section line and 110 feet from thewest section line of said Section 5 (Zone13, NAD83, Northing 4398859m, Easting535738m). Prosper Box Elder Well No. 2.Prosper Box Elder Well No. 2 is located inthe NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M.,at a point 920 feet from the north sectionline and 390 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398634m, Easting 535821m).Prosper Box Elder Well No. 3. ProsperBox Elder Well No. 3 is located in theSW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 4South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M., ata point 1,580 feet from the north sectionline and 880 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398444m, Easting 535977m).Prosper Box Elder Well No. 4. ProsperBox Elder Well No. 4 is located in theSE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 4South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M., ata point 2,290 feet from the north sectionline and 1,770 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398226m, Easting 536247m).Source of Water. Ground water from theBox Elder Creek alluvial aquifer, tributaryto Box Elder Creek, tributary to the SouthPlatte River. Depth of Wells. Approxim-ately 60 feet. Date of Appropriation.March 5, 2012. Appropriation was initi-ated by the formation of requisite intent,coupled with actions manifesting such in-tent sufficient to put third parties on notice.Amount Claimed in gallons per minute(gpm). 1,200 gpm, conditional. The max-imum rate of withdrawal for all four of theProsper Box Elder Wells, combined, willnot exceed 1,200 gpm, conditional.Amount Claimed in acre-feet annually.800 acre-feet/year, conditional. The max-imum volume of withdrawal for all four ofthe Prosper Box Elder Wells, combined,will not exceed 800 acre-feet per year.Uses or Proposed Uses. Irrigation, muni-cipal, domestic, commercial, industrial, re-creation, construction and dust suppres-sion, wetlands creation and maintenance,fire protection, and augmentation. Thewater may be used, reused and success-ively reused to extinction. Place of Use.Water withdrawn from the Prosper BoxElder Wells will be used on the Property.Name of Owner of Land Upon WhichStructures are Located. All of the subjectstructures are on land owned by Applic-ant. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OFPLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. Name ofStructures to be Augmented. The ProsperBox Elder Wells, as more particularly de-scribed in paragraph 3.A. above. WaterRights to be Used for Augmentation. Re-usable effluent from the wastewater treat-ment plant to be constructed on the Prop-erty, delivered to the Box Elder Creek allu-vium at or up-gradient of the Prosper BoxElder Wells. At full build-out, Applicantanticipates that approximately 400 acre-feet/year of reusable effluent will be avail-able for augmentation of the wells. Lawnirrigation return flows (LIRFs) from irriga-tion on the Property with fully-consumablewater, timed to the point of depletion onthe Box Elder Creek alluvium. At fullbuild-out, Applicant anticipates that ap-proximately 400 acre-feet/year of LIRFswill be available for augmentation of thewells. Underground water rights from thenontributary Denver Basin aquifers under-lying Applicant’s well field in ArapahoeCounty, as decreed on December 14,2011, in Case No. 11CW22, Water Divi-sion 1. The nontributary water shall bedelivered to the Box Elder Creek alluviumat or up-gradient of the Prosper Box ElderWells. The nontributary water will also beused as the primary source of augmenta-tion for the Prosper Box Elder Wells priorto the availability of reusable effluent andLIRFs, including use of the Prosper BoxElder Wells for development purposes orfor agricultural irrigation on the Propertybefore development commences. The av-erage annual amount of ground wateravailable to be withdrawn from each of thenontributary Denver Basin aquifers under-lying the Property is as follows:

Aquifer Type Annual Withdrawal (af/yr)Upper Arapahoe NT 1,314.0Lower Arapahoe NT 626.0Laramie-Fox Hills NT 1,310.6Applicant reserves the right to use addi-tional or alternative sources of replace-ment water in this plan for augmentationpursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-305(8)(c).Complete Statement of Plan for Augment-ation. Applicant shall replace all out-of-priority depletions resulting from the oper-ation of the Prosper Box Elder Wells fromany of the replacement sources describedabove. Applicant will install measuringdevices and implement such accountingprocedures as may reasonably be re-quired by the State or Division Engineer toensure that depletions are fully replaced intime, place, and amount under this plan.Applicant shall submit accounting informa-tion to the Division Engineer on an annualbasis, or such other basis as may be re-quired by the State or Division Engineer.Projected Demand and Depletions Underthis Plan. Applicant anticipates pumpingno more than 800 acre-feet/year from theProsper Box Elder Wells. Total out-of pri-ority depletions arising from use of theProsper Box Elder Wells water under thisplan is anticipated to be approximately700 acre-feet/year. Applicant reserves theright to operate this plan to replace deple-tions associated with a different mix ofuses on th e Property so long asApplicant’s augmentation supply is suffi-cient to cover such depletions. Name ofOwner of Land Upon Which Structures areLocated. All of the subject structures areon land owned by Applicant. 7 pages in-cluding exhibit.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT INPRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofJANUARY 2014 (forms available onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.



Applicationfor Conditional Underground Water Rightsand Approval of Plan for Augmentation inARAPAHOE COUNTY. Overview. Ap-plicant owns property in Arapahoe County,Colorado that is being developed into amixed use, master planned community(the “Property”). By this application, Ap-plicant is seeking underground waterrights for tributary ground water wells thatwill be used to supply water to the Prop-erty for irrigation and other purposes pur-suant to the plan for augmentation de-scribed below. A map of the current Prop-erty boundaries and depicting the locationof the subject wells is attached hereto asExhibit A. APPLICATION FOR CONDI-TIONAL UNDERGROUND WATERRIGHTS. Name and Description of Struc-tures and Water Rights. Name and LegalDescription of Wells. The Prosper BoxElder Well Nos. 1–4 (collectively, the“Prosper Box Elder Wells”) will be an in-tegrated alluvial well field used to supplywater to the Property. The wells are anti-cipated to be drilled at the following loca-tions, but may be located anywhere on theproperty Applicant owns in the NW1/4 ofSection 5 and NE1/4 of Section 6, Town-ship 4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6thP.M., as generally depicted on the ExhibitA inset and referred to therein as theNorth East Parcel: Prosper Box ElderWell No. 1. Prosper Box Elder Well No. 1is located in the NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section5, Township 4 South, Range 64 West, ofthe 6th P.M., at a point 230 feet from thenorth section line and 110 feet from thewest section line of said Section 5 (Zone13, NAD83, Northing 4398859m, Easting535738m). Prosper Box Elder Well No. 2.Prosper Box Elder Well No. 2 is located inthe NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M.,at a point 920 feet from the north sectionline and 390 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398634m, Easting 535821m).Prosper Box Elder Well No. 3. ProsperBox Elder Well No. 3 is located in theSW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 4South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M., ata point 1,580 feet from the north sectionline and 880 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398444m, Easting 535977m).Prosper Box Elder Well No. 4. ProsperBox Elder Well No. 4 is located in theSE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 4South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M., ata point 2,290 feet from the north sectionline and 1,770 feet from the west sectionline of said Section 5 (Zone 13, NAD83,Northing 4398226m, Easting 536247m).Source of Water. Ground water from theBox Elder Creek alluvial aquifer, tributaryto Box Elder Creek, tributary to the SouthPlatte River. Depth of Wells. Approxim-ately 60 feet. Date of Appropriation.March 5, 2012. Appropriation was initi-ated by the formation of requisite intent,coupled with actions manifesting such in-tent sufficient to put third parties on notice.Amount Claimed in gallons per minute(gpm). 1,200 gpm, conditional. The max-imum rate of withdrawal for all four of theProsper Box Elder Wells, combined, willnot exceed 1,200 gpm, conditional.Amount Claimed in acre-feet annually.800 acre-feet/year, conditional. The max-imum volume of withdrawal for all four ofthe Prosper Box Elder Wells, combined,will not exceed 800 acre-feet per year.Uses or Proposed Uses. Irrigation, muni-cipal, domestic, commercial, industrial, re-creation, construction and dust suppres-sion, wetlands creation and maintenance,fire protection, and augmentation. Thewater may be used, reused and success-ively reused to extinction. Place of Use.Water withdrawn from the Prosper BoxElder Wells will be used on the Property.Name of Owner of Land Upon WhichStructures are Located. All of the subjectstructures are on land owned by Applic-ant. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OFPLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. Name ofStructures to be Augmented. The ProsperBox Elder Wells, as more particularly de-scribed in paragraph 3.A. above. WaterRights to be Used for Augmentation. Re-usable effluent from the wastewater treat-ment plant to be constructed on the Prop-erty, delivered to the Box Elder Creek allu-vium at or up-gradient of the Prosper BoxElder Wells. At full build-out, Applicantanticipates that approximately 400 acre-feet/year of reusable effluent will be avail-able for augmentation of the wells. Lawnirrigation return flows (LIRFs) from irriga-tion on the Property with fully-consumablewater, timed to the point of depletion onthe Box Elder Creek alluvium. At fullbuild-out, Applicant anticipates that ap-proximately 400 acre-feet/year of LIRFswill be available for augmentation of thewells. Underground water rights from thenontributary Denver Basin aquifers under-lying Applicant’s well field in ArapahoeCounty, as decreed on December 14,2011, in Case No. 11CW22, Water Divi-sion 1. The nontributary water shall bedelivered to the Box Elder Creek alluviumat or up-gradient of the Prosper Box ElderWells. The nontributary water will also beused as the primary source of augmenta-tion for the Prosper Box Elder Wells priorto the availability of reusable effluent andLIRFs, including use of the Prosper BoxElder Wells for development purposes orfor agricultural irrigation on the Propertybefore development commences. The av-erage annual amount of ground wateravailable to be withdrawn from each of thenontributary Denver Basin aquifers under-lying the Property is as follows:

Aquifer Type Annual Withdrawal (af/yr)Upper Arapahoe NT 1,314.0Lower Arapahoe NT 626.0Laramie-Fox Hills NT 1,310.6Applicant reserves the right to use addi-tional or alternative sources of replace-ment water in this plan for augmentationpursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-305(8)(c).Complete Statement of Plan for Augment-ation. Applicant shall replace all out-of-priority depletions resulting from the oper-ation of the Prosper Box Elder Wells fromany of the replacement sources describedabove. Applicant will install measuringdevices and implement such accountingprocedures as may reasonably be re-quired by the State or Division Engineer toensure that depletions are fully replaced intime, place, and amount under this plan.Applicant shall submit accounting informa-tion to the Division Engineer on an annualbasis, or such other basis as may be re-quired by the State or Division Engineer.Projected Demand and Depletions Underthis Plan. Applicant anticipates pumpingno more than 800 acre-feet/year from theProsper Box Elder Wells. Total out-of pri-ority depletions arising from use of theProsper Box Elder Wells water under thisplan is anticipated to be approximately700 acre-feet/year. Applicant reserves theright to operate this plan to replace deple-tions associated with a different mix ofuses on the Property so long asApplicant’s augmentation supply is suffi-cient to cover such depletions. Name ofOwner of Land Upon Which Structures areLocated. All of the subject structures areon land owned by Applicant. 7 pages in-cluding exhibit.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BYTHESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT INPRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTSCLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDIC-ATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION ANDOWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTSMUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHINTHE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE ORBE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that anyparty who wishes to oppose an applica-tion, or an amended application, may filewith the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038,Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statementof Opposition, setting forth facts as to whythe application should not be granted, orwhy it should be granted only in part or oncertain conditions. Such Statement of Op-position must be filed by the last day ofJANUARY 2014 (forms available onwww.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’soffice), and must be filed as an Originaland include $158.00 filing fee. A copy ofeach Statement of Opposition must alsobe served upon the Appl icant orApplicant’s Attorney and an affidavit orcertificate of such service of mailing shallbe filed with the Water Clerk.



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District CourtArapahoe County, Colorado

Court Address: 7325 So. Potomac St.Centennial, CO 80112

In the Interests of:SAMANTHA ANDREWS

Case Number: 2013PR030386Division/ Courtroom: 21

Attorney For PETITIONER(name and address):Charles A. MillerStutz, Miller & Urtz, LLC1660 Lincoln St. Suite 2850Denver, CO 80264Phone Number:303.861.1200E-mail: [email protected] Number: 303.830.0115Atty. Reg. #:5841

NOTICE OF HEARINGBY PUBLICATIONPURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: Deanna Andrews, and any otherinterested partyLast Known Address, if any: P.O. Box 152Moundridge, Kansas 67107

A hearing on Petition for Appointment ofConservator for Minor Samantha An-drews will be held at the following timeand location or at a later date to which thehearing may be continued:Date: January 23, 2014Time: 10:00 a.m.Courtroom or Division: 21Address: Arapahoe County JusticeCenter 7325 So. Potomac St., Centenni-al, CO 80112


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District CourtArapahoe County, Colorado

Court Address: 7325 So. Potomac St.Centennial, CO 80112

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Public Notice

WAIT LIST OPENS

Englewood Housing Authority will openits waiting lists for its Income Quali-fied 1 bedroom High-rise Apartmentsand Public Housing Family Duplexunits at 8:00 a.m. on January 6, 2014.Applications wil l be available at:www.englewoodhousing.homestead.organd at the Englewood Housing Authority,3460 S Sherman St #101, Englewood, CObetween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m. (closed on Wednesdays).

Englewood Housing Authority is NotAccepting applications for the Section 8Housing Choice Voucher Program at thistime.

Englewood Housing Authority is an equalopportunity housing provider

Legal Notice No.: 4570First publication: December 12, 2013Last publication: December 12, 2013Publisher: Englewood Herald

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Cupola cam is new and improvedAnyone can see Littleton live, anytime, from anywhereBy Jennifer [email protected]

Littleton has a brand-new “cupola cam,” and it’s four times bigger and brighter than ever.

The “cam,” a camera mounted on top of the Littleton Courthouse, sends a live feed that can be accessed and controlled from anywhere in the world. It was out of commission for several weeks while Cathy Weaver, the city’s webmaster, researched and replaced the original one with the new model. She explained that the old one was actually a security camera, so it could only be updated by the vendor.

“A few months after the (first) camera was installed, the vendor went out of busi-ness,” she said. “Because we could not update the camera’s software, we had no choice but to just let it run until advances in software technologies made it obsolete. We knew that day would come, and felt

fortunate that it took more than 10 years to happen.”

She said finding a system with privacy-protection features similar to the original camera was a bit tricky, but she settled on the one the city uses to detect vehicles stopped at intersections.

“These cameras have an excellent pic-ture, zoom and auto-focus controls, a weatherproof housing, a viewer timer and the ability to lock in preset views,” she said. “Also, just like the traffic detection cameras, Cupola Cam does not record the video that it sees.”

The camera went live Nov. 26, just in time for the Candlelight Walk in down-town Littleton the day after Thanksgiving. Visitors to the site can, with a click of their mouse, aim the camera at preset views like Bega Park, Goddard Middle School, Colora-do Center for the Blind, downtown Denver and more. If there is more than one person on the site, however, visitors will virtually line up to take control of the camera views for 60 seconds at a time. Even if one is not in control, though, they will be able to look at the views selected by someone else.

Weaver often gets notes thanking her for letting them keep an eye on their home-town from afar, or for showing them where their children have moved or where they themselves are about to move, or just for the view of sunlight glinting off the snow-capped mountains.

“A man called me from China a few days before Cupola Cam II launched, just to thank the city for its efforts to get a new camera installed,” she said. “His daughter lives in Littleton, and they were looking for-ward to being able to connect again once the new camera was ready.”

The site averages 87 visits per day, with visitors spending about 2 ½ minutes at a time. The most visits it got on one day this year was on Feb. 24, with 396.

To check out the weather or how much traffic is on Main Street before driving home, visit www.littletongov.org and look for “Cupola Cam II” under the “Commu-nity” tab at the top of the page.

The cam has become so popular as a way to keep in visual touch with out-of-town friends and relatives that the city even created an “Official Cupola Cam Greeting

Site” at the bottom of the courthouse steps. So, if you see people in party hats holding a “Happy Birthday” banner and waving at the cupola, don’t worry, they don’t have bats in their belfries.

But the cupola itself has been known to harbor a few. It’s a scary but very cool place where the cam sits, and those who scale the steep, dark and narrow wooden staircase are rewarded with an amazing view and a real sense of history. The courthouse was built in 1907, three years after voters chose Littleton as the Arapahoe County seat.

Etched deeply into the cupola’s wall boards are things like “E.W. `18” — might E.W. have been in Littleton High School’s Class of 1918? Or might he or she have been the one to drape the fading red, white and blue bunting over the stairwell after some fair in days of yore?

In the dusty corner are replacement bulbs for the Christmas lights around the outside of the cupola, purchased with pro-ceeds from the South Metro Denver Cham-ber of Commerce’s annual Haunts of Little-ton Ghost Walk. Visiting the cupola gives that a whole new sense of appropriateness.

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reasonable prices both dayscash or credit cards accepted.

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Applications are available at:Gilpin County Human Resources,

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or on our website (http://co.gilpin.co.us).Please submit your application to: Gilpin County Human Resources,

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Closes: 12/30/13

Submit City of Westminster onlineapplications thru

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EOE

Home for the Holidays(Denver metro)

Savio House is looking for FosterParents to provide a temporaryhome for troubled teens ages

12-18. We provide training, 24/7support and $1900/month.

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Contact Michelle for moreinformation at 303-225-4073.

HOUSEKEEPER/ LAUNDRYAIDE

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Eileen Gandee303-674-4500 | 303-674-8436 Fax

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Abused and neglectedbrothers and sisters are often

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PT Educational Audiologist,grades PreK-12 in Bennett, Stras-burg, Byers, Deer Trail & Kiowaarea. CDE licensure required;CCC's or ABA certificate; know-ledge of current technologies in Au-diology including fm systems andcochlear implants preferred. Experi-ence with children 0-21 years old.Please contact Tracy at East Cent-ral BOCES for more [email protected] or 719-775-2342 ext. 101.

Valet Attendantopenings in

Black Hawk CO.Valet Attendant openings for localCasino’s in Black Hawk. Proper-ties are open 7 days a week, 24

hours a day, yearround with positions available on

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