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Veterans Day offers lessons in patriotism at school event Kiowa High School presentation highlights military service

By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Students and faculty at Kiowa High School paid honor to local veterans at an assembly in the school gymnasium on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

For 31 years, fi fth-grade teacher Polly Ehlers has been organizing the annual celebration. Ehlers’ father was a veteran, as were many of the men in Kiowa she grew up around.

“I was raised in a family where the importance of patriotism was very high,”

Ehlers said. “It’s important that we teach that to the young kids.”

An honor guard from the American Legion Post 82 in Elizabeth opened the ceremony with the presentation of the colors, followed by the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Throughout the program, students from various classes, ranging from grade school to high school, honored the nearly 30 local veterans in attendance with read-ings and music.

The Kiowa High School Honor Society performed the Setting of the White Table Ceremony. Also referred to as the Missing

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Veteran receives surprise honor French government presents award for World War II service


At a Nov. 9 ceremony in the Colorado Capitol, the Honorable Jeffery Richards, Esq., honorary consul for the French government, presented fi ve Colorado World War II veterans with the Knight of the Legion of Honor. One of the honorees was Elbert County resident Odell “Jack” Plylar.

The Honorable Jeffrey Richards, honorary consul general of France, left, presents the French Legion of Honor medal to Odell “Jack” Plylar. Photo by Rick Gustafson

Deputies undergo arrest technique training at the Elbert County Fairgrounds. Photo by Rick Gustafson

Deputies get training in tactics Fingertip pressure technique is among program’s lessons


Inside the Agricultural Building at the Elbert County Fairgrounds, com-mands are shouted and handcuffs click, but it is not a raid and there are no arrests being made.

Elbert County sheriff’s deputies are participating in a class on arrest

control techniques, one in a series of annual programs required by the Colorado Peace Offi cer Standards and Training (POST) Board for police offi cers and deputies to keep their certifi cations current.

The drills are designed to reinforce the instruction offi cers received during their initial training at their respec-tive police academies as well as to introduce updated techniques, such as responses to active and passive resis-tance, while at the same time keeping the deputies safe.

One element of the training includes a pressure point control tactic. According to the Human Factor Research Group, PPCT uses fi ngertip touch pressure on nerve pressure points as a way to control suspects who are providing low-level resistance during an arrest. For individuals offer-ing a higher level of resistance, depu-ties are trained in defensive counter-strikes.

Kiowa High School student Wyatt McKnight performs taps. Photoby Rick Gustafson

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EventsCommitment Day 5K Fun Run/Walk

Life Time Fitness in Parker kicks off the New Year with a part run/walk, part festival that includes an expo with numerous vendors on race morn-ing. Run starts at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, at Life Time Fitness, 9250 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker. Event is open to runners and walkers of all levels and abilities. Members and non-members wel-come. Discounted registration available through Sunday, Dec. 13. Children 12 and younger may register for free with a registered adult. Go to www.commitmentday.com/colorado/parker-au-rora. Group training for the event starts Tuesday, Nov. 10; go to www.lifetimerun.com/group-run-training/co-commitment-day-5k-2016-parker. Contact Heather Crosby at [email protected] for additional information.

Community Blood Drives

A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to sched-ule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appoint-ment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Friday, Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Nov. 28, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock; Saturday, Nov. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Walmart, 11101 S. Parker Road, Parker.

History, Development of Parker

Local history experts, staff from the Douglas County History Research Center and longtime community members will lead a lively discussion on the history and development of Parker. The Douglas County Libraries program is at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Magician Extraordinaire

Joe Monti, TV star of “Mind Freak,” performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Monti is a regular performer and member

of the World Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood. He has lectured for magicians around the globe and has been nominated several times as magi-cian of the year in both close-up and stage magic by the Academy of Magical Arts. Buy tickets online at www.Tickets.AmazingShows.com or call 303-660-6799. Go to www.AmazingShows.com.

‘Beauty and the Beast’

Castle View Theatre Company invites you to “Be Our Guest!” as it presents Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” through Saturday, Nov. 21, at Castle View High School, 5254 N. Meadows Drive, Castle Rock. Performances are at 7 p.m. Nov. 18-21, with a 1 p.m. matiness on Nov. 21. Tickets available at www.SeatYourSelf.biz/CastleView or at the box office one hour before each show. Concessions will be sold and doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain. Email [email protected] or call 303-387-9113.

Music Students to Perform

Students of the Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association will perform at 12:30, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Parker Bible Church in an ensemble recital that is free and open to the public. DEMTA is a non-profit organization of independent and school music teachers who work in Parker, Castle Rock, Elizabeth, Centen-nial, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Littleton, and Aurora. We have been providing exceptional local music education, public service performances and teacher development since 1995. See www.demta.org or call 720-273-6592. The church is at 4391 E. Mainstreet, Parker.

Castle Rock Starlighting

The Castle Rock “Lighting of the Star” has been a community event shared by residents dating back to 1935. The same spirit of volunteerism, generosity and love of tradition exists today as Castle Rock businesses and residents prepare to celebrate Starlighting downtown Saturday, Nov. 21. This year’s celebration will include fireworks and the reopening of the ice skating rink in downtown Castle Rock. The Starlighting ceremony will begin promptly at 5 p.m. and the lighting of the Star will be at approximately 5:30 p.m. For a complete list of Starlighting activities from 2-7 p.m., go to www.castlerockculture.com/starlighting/.

Medicare Part D Clinics

Medicare prescription plans change yearly and so do their premiums and deductibles. It is in

your best interest to look at your plan and have an updated comparison completed to assure you are getting the best coverage for your money. Open enrollment for Part D runs through Monday, Dec. 7. Colorado East Community Action Agency, 1114 Main St., Limon, has trained Medi-care counselors on hand to answer your ques-tions and help you compare and choose the best Prescription Drug Coverage (Part D) plan that meets your needs for 2016. Clinic is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Elizabeth United Methodist Church in Running Creek Plaza. Bring driver’s license or photo ID, Medicare card, cur-rent Part D card, proof of income for your entire household, prescription medication bottles or a current list of your medications that include name, dosage, frequency and how many you receive each month. To make an appointment for these or additional dates, or for questions, call 719-775-8586.

‘Nutcracker’

Denver Ballet Theatre presents “Nutcracker” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, and Wednes-day, Nov. 25, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Reserved seating available at 303-805-6800 or go to www.parkerarts.ticket-force.com. GO to www.denverballettheatre.org for details on Denver Ballet Theatre.

Red Hat Society Luncheon

Castle Country Assisted Living will host a Red Hat Society luncheon at its Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Dr. in Parker on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 11 a.m. The Hatman will provide entertain-ment. The Red Hat Society is an international organization committed to connecting and supporting women of all ages. This luncheon is free and open to the public. Please call 303-482-5552 to RSVP by Wednesday, Nov. 18 to ensure enough food is available. Castle County Assisted Living is a nonprofit organization serving seniors in Douglas County.

Public Transit

Outback Express is a public transit service pro-vided through the East Central Council of Local Governments and is available to all residents. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275 or go to www.outbackexpress.tripod.com. Advance reservations appreciated. November schedule: Wednesday, Nov. 25, Matheson and Simla to Colorado Springs; Thursday, Nov. 26, Simla and Matheson to Limon; Tuesday, Dec. 1, Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado

Springs; Monday, Dec. 7, Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs; Tuesday, Dec. 8, Elizabeth to Colorado Springs or Parker; Thursday, Dec. 10, Good Samaritan Nursing Home residents bus ride; Tuesday, Dec. 15, Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs; Thursday, Dec. 24, Simla and Matheson to Limon.

Asleep at the Wheel: Merry Texas Christmas Y’All

Ray Benson and nine-time Grammy winners Asleep at the Wheel combine their most popular songs with holiday favorites and originals such as “Christmas in Jail,” “Santa Loves to Boogie,” and more, for a Christmas celebration y’all don’t want to miss. Concerts are at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and informa-tion, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Big Band Christmas

Get in the swing of the holiday season with the 16-piece Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra big band playing holiday tunes such as Duke El-lington’s “Nutcracker Suite,” Maynard Ferguson’s “Music for Moderns,” and more. Concert is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at the PACE Cen-ter, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Musical Merry Season at PACE

Some of the nation’s best performers and local homegrown favorites will help celebrate the holiday season at the PACE Center in Parker. The season kicks off Friday, Nov. 27, with Texas legends Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel performing at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Then Sat-urday, Nov. 28, the 16-piece big band Colorado Jazz Repertory Band performs at 7:30 p.m. From Friday to Sunday, Dec. 4-6, the Parker Chorale and Parker Symphony Orchestra will treat audi-ences to traditional carols, familiar songs, and a few surprises in “A Classic Parker Holiday.” Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6. The Manhattan Transfer performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. The PACE holiday season wraps up Thursday to Sunday, Dec. 17-20, with the Colorado School of Dance performing The Nutcracker of Parker. Show times are at 7 p.m. all four days and 2 p.m. Dec. 19-20. Tickets for

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Big Band Christmas

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Plylar, who turned 94 on Nov. 17, en-listed in the Army at the age of 20, and entered France in the summer of 1944, one month after the D-Day invasion. He fought with the 80th Infantry Division from Normandy to an area just south of Luxembourg.

In addition to its decisive role in the Third Army’s historic drive across France, the 80th Division was critical to the relief of the besieged 101st Airborne during the Battle of the Bulge, and its river cross-ing of the Moselle against heavy German resistance is still taught by the Army War College as a textbook example of an op-posed river crossing.

“The 80th Infantry, and millions of GIs like Jack Plylar aren’t extraordinary be-cause they are so rare; they’re extraordi-nary because there were so many of them in their heroic achievements. Their valor and sacrifice was at once inspirational and it was everywhere,” said Ric Morgan, Elbert County Veterans Services Officer, who made the application to the Consul-ate General of France in Los Angeles on behalf of Plylar.

“The French government put out a no-tice about 24 months ago looking for U.S. veterans who helped liberate the French Republic from the Nazis,” Morgan said. “Jack is an ideal candidate.”

The French government agreed with Morgan’s assessment, and Plylar had no idea that he had been nominated for the award until Morgan informed him follow-ing the French government’s approval of his award.

Plylar was recalled to duty for the Korean War in 1951. He married his wife, Betty, in 1953, and they have two sons. During his service he was decorated sev-eral times. His awards include the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge, and the European Service Medal.

Also honored at the statehouse cer-emony were Angelo Mazzi of the Air Force and Julian Kler, Uwe Graengater and Louis Zoghby of the Army.

The Legion of Honor Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the French government for military or civilian ser-vice to France. Established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the award is conferred in five degrees of increasing distinction Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commander (Commander), Grand Of-ficier (Grand Officer), and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).

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The HFRG website states, “PPCT was the first control system designed based on tactical, legal, and medical research. Medical research was conducted on every PPCT technique to refine technique efficiency and to ensure the medical implications were proportional to the level of resistance.”

According to Don Heald, Elbert County reserve deputy and former PPCT instructor, the benefit from the training

is twofold, providing the of-ficers with the latest tech-niques for “effecting arrest” while using the minimum force necessary, and also training deputies to keep themselves calm during tense situations through breathing control techniques.

Elbert County deputies pa-trol large expanses of territory and are required to handle situations on their own where the nearest backup could be as far as 45 minutes away. The most common call that Elbert County deputies deal with is traffic stops.

“You never know who you’re stopping ,” said Heald. “It could be a guy who just

robbed a bank or someone who has committed a murder and has a body in the trunk. No traffic stop is ever rou-tine.”

The annual training is required for all active and reserve deputies but is vol-untary for members of the sheriff’s posse. In addition to arrest control techniques, sheriff’s deputies are also required to undergo annual driver training, and to train and qualify quarterly with their handguns in timed events on a nine-stage move-and-shoot course.


DeputiesMan Table or the Fallen Comrade Table, the practice prepares a single place setting at a table with a white tablecloth as a remem-brance to the fallen, the missing, and prisoners of war.

Following a performance of taps by Kiowa High student Wyatt McKnight, Superintendent Jason Westfall invited seniors Sunny Armijo and William Neighbors to the podium. Both Armijo and Neighbors are part of the Marine Corps delayed enlistment pro-gram and will ship out to basic

training after the Class of 2016 graduates on May 29.

Armijo, who will report for duty on June 13, 2016, told the veterans and her fellow class-mates that teamwork and the physical challenges were reasons for her enlistment in the Marine Corps, but the soft-spoken se-nior’s reasoning went beyond just camaraderie.

“I want to serve others without having the notoriety of a single individual,” Armijo said.

Westfall closed the assembly by inviting the high school students down to the gymnasium floor to meet the community’s veterans.

“This is really a living history sitting in front of you today,” he said.


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

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

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

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

Finding Our Way Together, a brand new group for anyone who is alone, left out, picked on or over-whelmed by life. Since it is just forming, the group will evolve to fi t the needs of the participants. Group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturdays at 34061 Forest Park Drive, in the lower level of Elizabeth Family Health. Leaders are Mary, 720-638-9770, and Karen, 303-243-3658, and both welcome phone calls. Group participation is free, and building is accessible.

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

Mystery Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the fi rst Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery

authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email [email protected].

The Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all resi-dents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and effi cient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG offi ce at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

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

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

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

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

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

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Bill bans moves of detainees, but issue may not be settled Guantanamo still hot topicdespite congressional action

By Deb Riechmann Associated Press

Congress sent President Barack Obama a $607 billion de-fense policy bill on Nov. 10 that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — a transfer that Obama has been trying to do since he was sworn in as president.

The Senate’s 91-3 vote gave fi nal legislative approval to the measure. The House overwhelmingly passed it the week

before, 370-58.Obama does not like the Guantanamo provisions, but

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama would sign the bill.

However, the debate over whether Obama has the power to move Guantanamo detainees to the United States — and possibly to Colorado — is not settled.

“The president believes closing that prison is a national security priority. The president is not the only person that shares that view,” Earnest said, citing former secretaries of state who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations.

Earnest said that Obama’s decision to sign the bill — because it includes provisions that are important to running and protecting the country — does not change his position about wanting to close the prison.

Obama vetoed an earlier version of the defense policy bill over a dispute, later resolved, about whether defense spend-ing increases should be accompanied by boosts in domestic programs.

Among other things, the bill would:• Provide a 1.3 percent pay increase to service members

and a new retirement option for troops.• Authorize lethal assistance to Ukraine forces fi ghting

Russian-backed rebels.• Extend a ban on torture to the CIA.• Authorize the president’s request of $715 million to help

Iraqi forces fi ght Islamic State militants.“We all know the unfortunate and unnecessary road-

blocks the defense authorization bill has faced this year. We all know that the president decided to veto the version of this bill we passed last month,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky.

“We look forward to the president signing the bipartisan bill — along with its restrictions against bringing terrorists

into the United States — into law,” he said.Three senators — Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both

Democrats from Oregon, and Bernie Sanders, an indepen-dent from Vermont — voted against the defense bill. GOP Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Dean Heller of Nevada and Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Ted Cruz of Texas did not vote.

The legislation has become a lightning rod for debate over whether the president needs congressional approval to move some of the remaining 112 detainees from the U.S. detention center in Cuba to the United States, or if he could do it with an executive order.

Congress has repeatedly thwarted Obama’s effort to fulfi ll a 2008 campaign promise and close the military prison.

A Pentagon report expected as early as this week identi-fi es prisons in Colorado, Kansas and South Carolina where Guantanamo detainees could possibly be housed so the military prison in Cuba could be shut down. That has raised the ire of lawmakers, especially those from the three states.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest hinted earlier this month week that the president might use his executive authority to close the prison. On Nov. 9, Earnest said the White House is focused on working with Congress to shut down Guantanamo, but he left the door open on the presi-dent taking executive action.

“I’m not aware of any ongoing effort to devise a strategy using only the president’s executive authority to accomplish this goal,” Earnest said. “But I certainly wouldn’t, as I men-tioned (previously), take that option off the table.”

The facilities reviewed by a Pentagon assessment team were the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks and Midwest Joint

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Bill bans moves of detainees, but issue may not be settledinto the United States — into law,” he said.

Three senators — Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both Democrats from Oregon, and Bernie Sanders, an indepen-dent from Vermont — voted against the defense bill. GOP Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Dean Heller of Nevada and Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Ted Cruz of Texas did not vote.

The legislation has become a lightning rod for debate over whether the president needs congressional approval to move some of the remaining 112 detainees from the U.S. detention center in Cuba to the United States, or if he could do it with an executive order.

Congress has repeatedly thwarted Obama’s effort to fulfill a 2008 campaign promise and close the military prison.

A Pentagon report expected as early as this week identi-fies prisons in Colorado, Kansas and South Carolina where Guantanamo detainees could possibly be housed so the military prison in Cuba could be shut down. That has raised the ire of lawmakers, especially those from the three states.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest hinted earlier this month week that the president might use his executive authority to close the prison. On Nov. 9, Earnest said the White House is focused on working with Congress to shut down Guantanamo, but he left the door open on the presi-dent taking executive action.

“I’m not aware of any ongoing effort to devise a strategy using only the president’s executive authority to accomplish this goal,” Earnest said. “But I certainly wouldn’t, as I men-tioned (previously), take that option off the table.”

The facilities reviewed by a Pentagon assessment team were the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks and Midwest Joint

Regional Corrections Facility at Leaven-worth, Kansas; the Consolidated Naval Brig, Charleston, South Carolina; the Federal Correctional Complex, which includes the

medium, maximum and “Supermax” facili-ties in Florence, Colorado; and the Colorado State Penitentiary II in Canon City, Colo-rado, also known as the Centennial Correc-tional Facility.

The Senate also passed, 93-0, legislation that provides money to the Defense Depart-ment for military construction, military family housing, base closures and the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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Colorado sheriffs oppose Guantanamo transfersBy Kristen WyattAssociated Press

Forty sheriffs in Colorado, including Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap, wrote to the White House to oppose any plan to move detainees from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prisons in the state.

The sheriffs argued in the letter sent Nov. 9 that Colorado would be in danger if the Pentagon sends Guantanamo detain-ees to either of two prisons under consid-eration in the central part of the state.

Although the prisons are capable of securing the detainees, the action would attract “sympathizers who would mount an attack ... or commit other acts of ter-ror,” the lawmen wrote.


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Gratitude can prevail in � ght against entitlement Have I ever felt entitled? You bet I have.

Have I ever felt like I deserved more than I had, or better than I was getting? Absolutely. Have I ever come across as arrogant and en-titled? Sadly, at times, yes.

Thankfully, much of that has been in my past; however, there are moments, especially when traveling for business and when I do not get the upgrade to fi rst class or I am forced to wait on a very long security line because they closed the TSA-Pre line down, that I can feel myself slipping back toward a miserable sense of self-entitlement.

The good news is that I have learned and been blessed with the ability to quickly switch gears and move from entitlement to gratitude — after a few mumblings and grumblings, of course. But when I can get my head around being truly grateful for even having a seat on the plane when so many others are on standby, my sense of gratitude overpowers my feeling of resentment or entitlement.

And when I am standing in a long secu-rity line along with hundreds of other folks traveling that same day, I could mumble and grumble again, or I can give thanks for the extra levels of security and think that although it seems simple and mundane to the frequent fl yer, the job of the TSA is to do their very best in keeping us safe. Yes, I know, watching the events as they unfold can be quite frustrating; however, next time you feel frustrated and entitled, give thanks for the effort being made on your behalf to keep you safe.

How many other areas of our lives and in

how many situations that we face do we wrestle with feelings of resentment, frustration, and entitlement? I’ll bet there are probably more than we care to admit at times. Well, what would happen if we looked at everything around us, everyone around us, and at the beauty that surrounds us here each and every day and gave thanks for it all? Not just thanks, but really let true gratitude and appreciation fl ow in us

and through us, how would that feel?You know, one of the things I hear and see

a lot is people who just say a quick “thanks” instead of a meaningful “thank you.” I am sure you have seen it too, people who don’t look up at their server in a restaurant and just mumble “thanks.” Or even in our own homes, we may say a quick “thanks” and not really show just how appreciative we are for an act of kindness or gift. The act of saying “thanks” becomes so routine or cliché, almost like we have to say it and not really want to say it, that we have somehow lost the essence of what true gratitude and appreciation are and where they come from.

I met a woman recently who is somewhat new to Colorado. Her story was quite compel-

ling. She was in a very bad spot fi nancially for a while and is now just getting back on her feet. She could have easily been bitter or resentful for all she had lost — she had a lot and lost a lot. But all I saw in her and heard from her was this enormous sense of gratitude and thankfulness for where she is right at this moment. Her spirit of appreciation left me completely inspired.

Thanksgiving is at hand: Will you say a simple “thanks,” or will you look around you and say a heartfelt “thank you” to those people who have loved and supported you, to your employer or employees who have provided you with opportunity, to anyone in the mili-tary who fi ghts for our protection and free-dom, and to God who has blessed us all with this amazing place we live called Colorado?

I would like to say “thank you” to each and every one of you who have blessed me with your emails, calls, letters, and times we have spent together talking about and even debating my columns for the past seven years. I appreciate you all so very much. And if you would like to discuss this column, you can share your thoughts at [email protected], and when we remember to give up entitlement for gratitude and appreciation, it really will be a better than good week.

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

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WINNING WORDS

� ankfully, holiday crowd is just imaginary gathering A shameful litterer, upon whom I put

a curse (detailed later), left a container of vanilla Greek yogurt about six feet from a trash can.

A crow had it and Falcon Park in High-lands Ranch to himself.

And then we showed up.The crow went to the top of a light fi xture

and crowed, perhaps thinking that one of us was going to make off with his yogurt.

I was thankful that we had the park to ourselves.

Which led me to Thanksgiving, which is here.

Smitty and I, like millions of others, will have Thanksgiving to ourselves. We like it like that.

I have had the other kind.There have been some good ones, and

there have been some Thanksgivings when the food was late, and the alcohol was early.

The best of them took a lot of effort.

One way or another, there was hubbub and ado.

I can do without ado.

I have no family here, and very little family anywhere.

My best friends are far away.

There is no one else I would be willing to spend the day with, other than some home-less men and wom-en at the church.

They get in line early.They are good reminders that I have it

good.So there we were with the crowing crow,

giving thanks for a quiet and beautiful and empty park, and I started to think about Nor-man Rockwell and his well-known painting of a hubbub Thanksgiving.

I thought about sending out invitations.I would have a few people over on Nov. 26,

feed them, and send them home.And here’s my guest list.Martin Short. He’s very funny.Daniel Tammet. Tammet is a prodigious

savant. On Pi Day, March 14, 2008, Savant recited Pi from memory.

It took him fi ve hours to recite 22,000 digits.

Jennifer Connelly. If you have to ask why, you don’t know who she is.

Craig Marshall Smith

QUIET DESPERATION

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where he retired after 30 years. Bill en-joyed metal detecting, going to yard sales, watching the deer and squirrels on his property, history, and tinkering with rusty gun

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all four days and 2 p.m. Dec. 19-20. Tickets for all shows are available by calling 303-805-6800 or going to www.ParkerArts.org.

Lighting of the Lights

Join the Town of Kiowa for its ninth an-nual Lighting of the Lights on Saturday, Nov. 28. Crafts and games start at 3 p.m. at the Kiowa Lions Hall, 336 Comanche St. ECCO will have a special toy sale in conjunction with the lighting. At 6:30 p.m., the town will light up town hall with Mayor Jason Kerbs. Santa will dash in to say hello. Then move to Patty Ann’s Café for pictures with Santa (bring your camera). Santa would love to hear what it is you would like him to bring for Christmas, so be ready with your wish list. Patty Ann’s Café will provide snacks and warm drinks.

Women’s Divorce Workshop

The more information and support women have when facing a divorce, the better decisions they can make for themselves and their children, and the more hopeful they are about the future. Meetings are from 8 a.m. to noon the fourth Saturday of every month at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jor-dan Road, Parker. An upcoming meeting is Saturday, Nov. 28. The mission is to provide education, support and guid-ance to women. The workshop is affi li-ated with Second Saturday, founded by non-profi t WIFE.org. Registration may be done at the door, or register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Chamber Annual Events

Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce plans its annual Olde Town Christ-mas on Friday, Dec. 4. Vendors and sponsors are needed; contact www.elizabethchamber.org for details about participating.


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State attorney general to sue company after local complaints Tip from Elbert sheriff leads to state civil lawsuit against owners

Staff report

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, after being contacted by the Elbert County Sheriff’s Offi ce, has fi led a civil lawsuit against the owners of a carpet cleaning company accused of mislead-ing customers about qualifi cations and pricing.

In a statement released Nov. 10, Coff-man’s offi ce said a preliminary injunc-tion has been obtained against brothers Spencer and John Olguin “prohibiting

them from providing in-home services of any kind to Colorado consumers.

“Using low price quotes to get inside consumers’ homes, Spencer Olguin would add hundreds or even thousands of dollars to the bill after completing the job,” the statement read. “Consumers also complained that the Olguins’ work was shoddy, incomplete and sometimes resulted in consumers having to incur additional expenses to repair or replace household items that defendants had damaged, or to redo the job entirely. Defendants also called consumers on the Do Not Call list, prompting a further preliminary prohibition against illegal telemarketing.”

The Olguins’ company, Prestige Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, has an “F”

rating with the Denver Better Business Bureau, including fi ve complaints from 2015.

“BBB identifi ed a potential pattern of complaints,” the Better Business Bureau stated on its website. “Consumers allege Sales Practice Issues. Consumers claim that the business will quote them a price but the fi nal price will end up being a substantial amount more.”

The Elbert County Sheriff Offi ce’s Facebook page features a comment from Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap about how an investigation of Spencer Olguin’s business interactions with an 85-year-old woman in Elbert County lead to charges of theft and crimes against an at-risk adult.

On October 19, 2015, Spencer pled

guilty to Theft from an At Risk Adult, in Elbert County District court.

“Our relationship with law enforce-ment across the state allows multiple agencies to work together to stop this type of unconscionable activity,” Heap stated. “We will not tolerate thieves, liars and cheats taking advantage of the citi-zens we serve.”

The attorney general fi rst learned of the Olguin brothers’ activities through the Elbert County Sherriff’s Offi ce. If a con-sumer believes they have been defrauded or victimized by an in-home service provider, they can fi le a report by visiting www.stopfraudcolorado.gov/report or by calling 1-800-222-4444.

I would like to invite Hines, Hines and Dad. They were very talented, for one thing, but I would really enjoy intro-ducing them over and over.

“I would like you to meet Hines, Hines — and Dad.”

Gloria Vanderbilt, Ander-son’s Cooper’s mother.

I don’t know what it’s like to be an heiress or a socialite. I would have a list of questions.

Rick Harrison, “Pawn Stars.” I want to know more about how the show is format-ted.

Why are the experts always Johnny-on-the-spot?

Word expert, Charles Har-rington Elster. I would ask him where we get “Johnny-on-the-

spot,” and “hair of the dog.”Megyn Kelly. Why not?Yo-Yo Ma. But he would

have to play the whole time. I’d give him take-home.

Annette Funicello, age 16. She was fun.

Arthur Ashe.David Letterman, of

course.I would be foolish not to

invite Charles Dickens.I would invite Nat King

Cole, and say, “I really wish you had quit smoking.”

Edward R. Murrow, and say, “I really wish you had quit smoking.”

Well-known dachshund owners: Gandhi, Picasso and James Dean.

A woman from the Wom-en’s Bean Project.

James Madison Jr., “Father of the Constitution.” I’d like to ask him a couple of questions about the Second Amend-

ment.It wouldn’t be complete

without Dorothy Parker.That would be some table.I am thankful that I have

the choice to be on my own.Obligations usually aren’t

very enjoyable.If it’s your duty to be with

people you would rather not be with, good luck.

Oh, and I would invite the litterer too. And thank him for partly giving me the idea for this column.

But when he got home, all of his shoes and socks would be two sizes too small.

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


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10-Life

By Mike [email protected]

Not every Thanksgiving dinner is a Norman Rock-well scene with family gathered around a table laden with an enormous turkey. Nor does it always involve watching football games or finishing the meal with pumpkin pie.

For some, Thanksgiving is a blend of old and new — tradition, personal preference and, sometimes, simply

where you happen to be.For Castle Rock teacher Kelly Hass, turkey

isn’t on the menu. The vegan of four years opts for side dishes she prepares herself with veg-

an butter.At Littleton Adventist Hospital, doc-

tors, nurses and staff care for and watch over the sick while loved ones

have dinner back home. For them, their hospital family

and a turkey dinner from the cafeteria create a meaningful gathering just the same.

At the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, those on duty share in a potluck dinner.

And at Parker’s French bakery, La Ba-

guette de Normandy, chef Michael DuPont kneads

and rolls and bakes pastries, breads and desserts for dinner tables around the area. Originally

from France, he has made a tra-dition of celebrating the Ameri-can holiday with other local French chefs.

Personal twistsSince she was a little girl,

Hass, 29, has spent Thanks-giving at her family’s cabin in Flagstaff, Arizona. She grew up eating turkey, but now prefers a

holiday meal sans bird.She is vegan, which means she

does not consume animal products of any kind. This includes eggs, dairy

and other substances derived from ani-mals.“I’m kind of a nontraditional vegan. I try

not to press my veganism on other people,” Hass said. “So, when I went vegan four years ago, I didn’t try to change my parents’ tradition at all. But I did start manipulating the sides so that there was at least a little bit of mashed potatoes made with vegan butter instead of real butter and cream.”

For vegans, the only real substitute for a turkey is the tofu-sculpted Tofurky, Hass said, but she is happy to pass on that.

“I don’t do anything in place of the turkey. Your option is something like that, and that kind of processed stuff I don’t really like anyway.”

While she may be the family vegan — even her husband occasionally eats meat — Hass hasn’t found herself at the end of too many good-natured jokes.

“If they do,” Hass said, “it’s playfully.”

When turkey isn’t the first choiceChef Mick (Michaelangelo) Rosacci owns and operates To-

ny’s Market and Tony Rosacci Catering. Tony’s has locations in Castle Rock, Littleton, Centennial and Denver.

Because the traditional feast is so popular, Tony’s alters its display cases for Thanksgiving like no other holiday.

“We need to make room for the 1,000 gallons of our house turkey gravy,” Rosacci said. “Sales soared a couple years ago when we started making it without gluten ingredients.”

According to Rosacci, who has been in the business since 1978, many people don’t like turkey. Common replacements he has seen include prime rib, tenderloin roast, salmon, lob-ster, shrimp, crab, leg or rack of lamb and pork roasts.

Even in his family, turkey isn’t the first choice for Thanks-giving.

“Mom was not a turkey lover. She grew up on a turkey ranch, but she would always make us turkey for Thanksgiving — but only on Thanksgiving,” Rosacci said. “Other holidays were usually all about lasagna. It has always been our family’s most special dish — and it’s a lot of trouble, so we’d only have it once or twice a year.”

A French-style feastMichael DuPont first experienced Thanksgiving when he

came to America from France in 2006.At his bakery, Parker’s La Baguette de Normandy, the first

year was a trial by fire as he attempted to please American pal-ates.

“I decided I needed to embrace the American culture. So now, we do Thanksgiving pies and things like that, but I do it the French way,” DuPont said. “I bring in a little bit of fla-vor from where I’m from. I’m from Normandy — we use but-ter and cream and all of that stuff. I make it beautiful. People come in and get something that is their tradition, but fancier.”

In the lead-up to holidays he is so busy that he joked he “sleeps in a cot in the back.”

Michael DuPont is the owner

and chef at Parker’s La

Baguette de Normandy.

Here, he holds a tray of pastries.

Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

DID YOU KNOW?According to 2012 data from Pew Research Center, 89 percent of adults said they would be sharing a Thanksgiving meal with family members. Among those, 62 percent said 10 or more relatives would be at that Thanksgiving meal.

LIFELOCALC U L T U R EF A I T HF A M I L YF O O DH E A L T H

For many, Thanksgiving isn’t about turkey and pumpkin pie

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For many, Thanksgiving isn’t about turkey and pumpkin pie

College is venue for ceramics show, sale The Arapahoe Community Col-

lege Clay Club will host the annual Arapahoe Ceramics Guild show and sale Dec. 3-5 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the college’s main campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Hours: Dec. 3: 1-8 p.m. (reception with light refresh-ments); Dec. 4: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Dec. 5: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, contact guild president Lucy Soars, [email protected]. Original ceramic art in many sizes, colors and shapes — great for gifts.

Lone Tree Art ExpoThe annual Lone Tree Art Expo

runs through Nov. 29 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The show is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and before performances. “Red Shoe” by Tomiko Takeda won Best of Show and is in the hall lead-ing off the main lobby, next to the box offi ce.

Denver Ballet TheaterThree performances of “The

Nutcracker” by the Denver Ballet Theatre (directed by David Taylor) are scheduled Nov. 24 (7 p.m.) and Nov. 25 (2 and 7 p.m.) at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Guest artists: Alexander Glusacov and, from Ballet West, Kate Critchlow and Alexander McFarland. Tickets: parkerarts.ticketforce.com, 303-805-6800.

Family fun“Snow Glow” is a musical family

show commissioned for the Lone Tree Arts Center, with Marta Burton and Company, including Kenneth

Parks, Judy Bosco, Victor Towle, Jose-phine Hooton, Jeff Hooton, Josie Shock, Hank Troy and Wilkey Rex Spease. Per-formances will be at 1:30 and 7 p.m. Nov. 22, plus a special sensory-friend-ly performance at 4 p.m. Lone-treeartscenter.

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Nat King Cole ChristmasAllan Harris returns to Lone Tree

Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 with his holiday jazz and songs from the Nat King Cole Songbook. Tickets: lo-netreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

Holiday tree and celebrationThe Lone Tree Arts Center Guild

will hold a carol sing-along and tree lighting celebration at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Event Hall and Lobby at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Com-mons St. Cookies and cocoa. Free, no reservations needed. Stop by before you see “The Nutcracker.”

Jazz orchestraThe Colorado Jazz Repertory

Orchestra will perform “Big Band Christmas with the CJRO” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Parker-arts.ticketforce.com, 303-805-6800.

Parker Artists’ GuildFifty-fi ve pieces of artwork from

members of the Parker Artists’ Guild, selected by PACE curator Rose Fred-erick, will be exhibited through Jan. 8 in the PACE Center Art Gallery, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. The theme was “Within My 20 Mile Radius.” Awards were chosen by juror Mari-anne Mitchell, who teaches at the Art Students League of Denver. In the Schoolhouse Art Gallery next to the PACE Center in Parker, “Miniatures and More,” a juried art show of 2D and 3D artworks, is open through Jan. 29. (Note cards printed from the miniatures will be for sale.)

Warren Miller fi lm“Chasing Shadows,” the 66th

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People come to the bakery for desserts and breads, which he said he needs at least three days’ notice to prepare in time for a holiday.

He also appreciates that businesses close on Thanksgiving, a tradition that is not common for holidays in France.

“In France, I would stay open on Christmas Day because people wanted fresh bread,” DuPont said. “Here, they say, ‘Oh, it’s OK, we’ll come the night before and then heat it up in the oven.’”

In America, DuPont spends the holidays at home with his family— he has two sons — and friends.

“It’s a group of French people — most of us are chefs,” Du-Pont said. “Usually, we keep the turkey but we use it other ways. The French way — like filling it with raisins and cognac. Everyone brings stuff that is typical from where they are from.”

Holiday on the jobFor many first responders and hospital workers, Thanksgiv-

ing is spent on the clock.At Littleton Adventist Hospital, a traditional dinner is pre-

pared for doctors, nurses, staff and patients in the cafeteria.The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office hosts a potluck dinner.“It is not the same — usually, it is grab a plate and take it

back to their work location,” Sgt. Lori Bronner said. “Very sel-dom do they get to eat together.”

Officers on patrol, spread as they are throughout the county in their cars, are unable to eat with their teams, she said.

A Peruvian dessertMelissa Casaretto, owner of Sweet Alfas in Parker, finishes

her Thanksgiving meal with sweet cookies instead of pie.“We have always baked our alfajores and other Peruvian

desserts like pionono for our Thanksgiving desserts,” Casaret-to said. “Another tradition we do is make my mother-in-law’s hot chocolate recipe that has cloves and cinnamon sticks and serve it with Panettone.”

Most of her customers order the cookies because they want something different on their dessert table or to bring some-thing new to a Thanksgiving event.

“Of course, cookies are nothing new in the dessert world, but when most people think of Thanksgiving desserts, pies are usually what comes to mind,” she said.

Also, she said, “the fact that my cookies are a South Ameri-can treat — they have different ingredients like dulce de leche and they are rolled in different toppings like coconut flakes or powdered sugar — automatically makes them a nontraditional Thanksgiving item.”


Tradition ‘Little Women’ is multi-set musicalParker, Aurora stages welcome show based on beloved novel

By Sonya [email protected]

Bev Newcomb, a veteran Denver director, brings her skills to a new musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel “Little Women.” It will preview at the PACE Center in Parker Nov. 19-22, then move to the Aurora Fox through Dec. 27.

“It was my favorite book as a kid. I thought I was Jo. I read and reread it. The young cast members are not so familiar with the book,” she said. “We had to talk about the period and they have been given material to read.”

The period is at the end of the Civil War. Alcott published the story in two volumes originally and it is said to be somewhat based on her own family. It found immediate popularity and has been read by generations of girls and women since.

Newcomb, a Denver native, has been a profes-sional director since 1967, when she started with children’s theater at Bonfils Theatre, run by Henry Lowenstein. “That was my first paycheck,” she recalled. “I did cabaret shows, then the mainstage.” She worked for Lowenstein for 18 years. “As a kid, I was a performer — tap dancing and singing like Shirley Temple,” she remembers. “Then I didn’t do shows until I was directing.”

She worked with the Jewish Community Center Theatre for a few years, then the Aurora Fox and then eight to 10 years out of town. “That gets old!”

She has directed and performed at the Arvada Center, but the 10-hour Equity days in rehearsal are difficult for her, at 87. She played Lady Bracknell in “The Importance of Being Earnest” at Arvada a few years ago — and in “Pippin” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.” “I got scared,” she said. “I much prefer direct-ing.”

She directs from the front row these days, she said, instead of hopping up on the stage.

“We have a small band, led by Martha Yordy, with bass, violin, cello and keyboard,” she said, express-ing her preference for live musical accompaniment.

This new version has a book by Sean Hartley, music by Kim Oler and lyrics by Allison Hubbard. The story begins before Christmas when there was

no money for gifts. Jo (Angela Mendez), Amy (Katie Jackson), Meg (Chloe McLeod) and Beth (Jenna Bainbridge) are growing up and learning to deal with a world that is not encouraging for lively young women. When their mother, Marmee, played by Megan VanDe Hay, gets an urgent message that her husband, a chaplain, is ill in Washington, D.C., and needs her care, Jo cuts her hair and sells it to pay for train fare.

Jo works on her writing and sells her first book at last, the family mourns the loss of delicate Beth, and the remaining sisters all find an appropriate match.

Newcomb regrets that this is a multi-set show, because that makes it more difficult to stage, but she is pleased to be working with this material. “It’s re-ally good, though we have to watch Beth die.”

IF YOU GO“Little Women” plays Nov. 19-22 at the PACE Center in Parker, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Parkerarts.ticketforce.com, 303-805-6800. It then moves to the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave, Aurora through Dec. 27, with performances at 7:30 Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and a special show on Dec. 23. Aurorafox.org, 303-739-1970. Tickets: $22-$31.

‘It was my favorite book as a kid. I thought I was Jo. I read and reread it. �e young cast members are not so familiar

with the book. We had to talk about the period and they have

been given material to read.’Bev Newcomb, director

Burro racing is family affair, metaphor for lifeHighlands Ranch family promotes Colorado’s summer heritage sport

By Alex [email protected]

Amber Wann was an up-and-coming pack burro racer until an accident in 2013 left her with back surgery and three months of bed rest. During that time, her son, Benjamin, started showing signs of his epilepsy. He was having seizures once a month.

“I was battling a lot of things at the same time,” Amber said. “I wondered if there would ever be a happy day.”

For Amber, pack burro racing isn’t just a sport — it’s an interpretation of life. When you race with a donkey, you hit challenges and you want to give up, she said. But you have to make it to the finish line.

Amber and her husband, Brad, have four children and live near Cheese Ranch in Highlands Ranch. They’ve been in-volved in the sport for about seven years.

Pack burro racing is similar to a cross-country footrace, except burros (Spanish for donkeys) lead the way. Every runner has a leash attached to an animal and the two run as a team. The sport’s season is from late May through September with races in mountain towns, such as Fairplay and Leadville.

Mining towns are where the sport began. In the 1940s, Fairplay and Lead-ville still used burros to carry supplies and lead miners through rocky terrain.

And in 1948, Fairplay started an annual, weekend-long festival called Burro Days dedicated to burros and pack


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‘Little Women’ is multi-set musical

no money for gifts. Jo (Angela Mendez), Amy (Katie Jackson), Meg (Chloe McLeod) and Beth (Jenna Bainbridge) are growing up and learning to deal with a world that is not encouraging for lively young women. When their mother, Marmee, played by Megan VanDe Hay, gets an urgent message that her husband, a chaplain, is ill in Washington, D.C., and needs her care, Jo cuts her hair and sells it to pay for train fare.

Jo works on her writing and sells her first book at last, the family mourns the loss of delicate Beth, and the remaining sisters all find an appropriate match.

Newcomb regrets that this is a multi-set show, because that makes it more difficult to stage, but she is pleased to be working with this material. “It’s re-ally good, though we have to watch Beth die.”

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Cardinals earn state gymnastics awardsElizabeth team is young, but had strong showing

By Tom [email protected]

The walls of the Thornton High School gymnasium echoed with cheers and ap-plause Nov. 7, the second day of the state gymnastics championship meet, when the Elizabeth squad accepted the second-place Class 4A team trophy. There were cheers later in the session for the Cardinals athletes who placed in individual events.

The team title was decided Nov. 6, the first day of the meet. In the team competi-tion, a school can enter six gymnasts, with the points for the top five performers add-ed together to provide a team score.

The young Cardinals team earned 177.175 points in the team competition Nov. 6 to finish second, close behind Ni-wot, which won the state 4A team title with a score of 178.200.

In an earlier interview, coach Stacey Folmar said Elizabeth is a young team with 16 freshmen on the roster of 27 gymnasts. She added that the seniors provide great leadership as the team works to maintain the legacy of 10 years of Cardinals gym-nastics.

She said the program has grown this year. Last year, there were about a dozen gymnasts, and the number has more than doubled. She added that the team should continue to be strong since about half the members are freshmen, with some tal-ented eighth-graders expected to join the team next season.

There was also competition for all-around honors on Nov. 6. As the name indicates, the competition is for gymnasts who all compete in all four events: vault, balance beam, uneven parallel bars and floor exercise.

Standley Lake sophomore Rachel Cody won the all-around title with a score of

36.625, while Cardinals freshman Lexye Wood finished second and teammate Amanda Taylor, a sophomore, finished third.

Wood said she was a little nervous go-ing to the state championship meet for the first time.

“I also was concerned because about a month before state, I had a problem with my vault,” she said. “However, one of my teammates got hurt, so I pulled myself together and competed in vault. I did OK and finished seventh in the event.”

The Cardinals freshman said she was a very energetic child and her parents put her in gymnastics classes to help burn up some of her energy.

“I fell in love with the sport and still do,” she said. “My favorite event is floor exer-cise because I love to tumble, and I like to dance and express my emotions.”

She said her effort at state was her best gymnastics performance of the year. She said she practices gymnastics all year but also runs track for Elizabeth. She runs the sprints and does the high jump. Wood set an eighth-grade middle school record last season in the high jump.

“I want to keep trying to get better,” she said. “I plan to work to improve my perfor-mance on the bars and the beam because those are my weakest events.”

The second day of competition, Nov. 7, the focus was on the competition for in-

dividual event championships. Each event had 15 entries, and awards were presented to the top eight finishers.

Seven Cardinals gymnasts finished in the top eight in at least one event.

The Elizabeth leaders were Wood, who finished fourth on uneven parallel bars and seventh in vault; Taylor, who finished third in vault and sixth in uneven parallel bars; and Shelby Morgan, who finished sixth in floor exercise and sixth in vault. Other Cardinals who placed were Megan Reynolds, fifth in beam; Brook Burton, third in floor exercise; Dillon Lind, eighth on uneven parallel bars; and Sydnee Eu-rich, seventh in floor exercise.

Members of the Elizabeth team pose with their trophy for taking second place in the Class 4A state gymnastics team competition. Photo by Tom Munds

Burro racing is family affair, metaphor for lifeHighlands Ranch family promotes Colorado’s summer heritage sport

By Alex [email protected]

Amber Wann was an up-and-coming pack burro racer until an accident in 2013 left her with back surgery and three months of bed rest. During that time, her son, Benjamin, started showing signs of his epilepsy. He was having seizures once a month.

“I was battling a lot of things at the same time,” Amber said. “I wondered if there would ever be a happy day.”

For Amber, pack burro racing isn’t just a sport — it’s an interpretation of life. When you race with a donkey, you hit challenges and you want to give up, she said. But you have to make it to the finish line.

Amber and her husband, Brad, have four children and live near Cheese Ranch in Highlands Ranch. They’ve been in-volved in the sport for about seven years.

Pack burro racing is similar to a cross-country footrace, except burros (Spanish for donkeys) lead the way. Every runner has a leash attached to an animal and the two run as a team. The sport’s season is from late May through September with races in mountain towns, such as Fairplay and Leadville.

Mining towns are where the sport began. In the 1940s, Fairplay and Lead-ville still used burros to carry supplies and lead miners through rocky terrain.

And in 1948, Fairplay started an annual, weekend-long festival called Burro Days dedicated to burros and pack

burro racing. It’s the biggest event in Park County and generates significant tax revenue, said Julie Bullock, special events and business development coordinator for Fairplay.

“All of the hotels are booked,” she said. “All of the businesses in town see benefits from Burro Days.”

As the sport continued to grow, Brad worked with state Rep. Millie Hamner (D-Dillon) on a resolution to recognize the sport statewide. In May 2012, the Colorado General Assembly approved the resolution and declared pack burro racing the summer heritage sport in Colorado.

Today, the sport has nearly 60 racers, including the Wann family.

Amber prefers running with a donkey to running alone. It’s a distraction factor

and takes the focus off the aches and pains.

“You really bond with the animal and the connection is so fulfilling,” she said. “You don’t have to be a winner. You just have to finish.”

She is slowly making her way back into the sport.

In 2013, she was working as a flight at-tendant with a local airline when turbu-lence threw her to the floor. She had to have back disc surgery and could barely lift a milk cartoon for the following three months. Her lack of ability and control put her in a depressive state, she said.

On top of it all, Benjamin, her youngest son, began having seizures. She believes it was from the stress in their home.

But Amber has found that pack burro

racing helped, by strengthening the body and easing the mind.

“I quickly realized,” she said, “that be-ing out in the fresh air and running with the animal while being at the mercy of the animal is a good balance of control.”

It also teaches patience because the runner and the donkey have to be on the same page: You can’t make a burro do anything, Brad said.

The Wann family plans to continue to promote the state sport in everything they do.

“Pack burro racing’s like life,” Amber said. “Sometimes you’re going to fall down. But you have to get back up and make it to the finish line.”

Brad Wann, who handles media relations for the Western Pack Burro Association, runs beside Zeb in a 2011 Buena Vista pack burro race. “We wouldn’t ask our burros to do anything we wouldn’t do,” he said.

Bailey Mann, in the blue T-shirt, and Emily Mann, in the green T-shirt, compete in a pack burro race in Leadville. For the Manns, burro racing is a family affair. “It’s about enjoying yourself out there and understanding what these animals are all about,” Brad Mann said. Photos courtesy of Amber Wann


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Remembering Lennon“Just Imagine” is a rock concert celebrating the life and

music of John Lennon, with Tim Piper and the band Work-ing Class Hero. Piper has made a specialty of interpreting Lennon. The show will run Dec. 7 and 8 at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown (exit 254, just south of Johnson’s Corner). Dinner at 6 p.m., show at 7:30. Tickets: $79.50 dinner and show; $59.50, show only; ColoradoCandlelight.com, 970-744-3747.

Sedaris hit“Santaland Diaries,” based on David Sedaris’ short

story about his experience as a Christmas elf at Macy’s, returns for the holidays from Nov. 28 to Dec. 27, with Matt Zambrano at the Jones Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex. Presented by the Boulder Theatre Ensemble Company. Tickets start at $25. Suggested for adults due to language and subject matter. 800-641-1222, denvercenter.org. (This sells out.)

Tune in Tuna“Tuna Christmas” by Joe Sears, Jason Williams and Ed

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Public notice is given on September 9,2015 that a Petition for a Change of Nameof an adult has been filed with the ElbertCounty Court.

The Petition requests that the name ofConnie Sue Tackett be changed toConnie Sue MarshallCase No.: 15 C 46

Cheryl A. Layne, Clerk of CourtBy: J. Jenkins, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No: 23270First Publication:November 12, 2015Last Publication: November 26, 2015Publisher: Elbert County News

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petitionfor Change of Name

Public notice is given on October 9, 2015that a Petition for a Change of Name of anadult has been filed with the Elbert CountyCourt.

The Petition requests that the name ofVeronica Marguarite Trimmerbe changed toVeronica Marguarite Trimmer SawyerCase No.: 15 C 56

Cheryl A. Layne, Clerk of CourtBy: Joleen Jenkins, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No: 23275First Publication: November 19, 2015Last Publication: December 3, 2015Publisher: Elbert County News

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Donald R. Krull, Deceased

Case Number: 15 PR 17

All persons having claims against theabove-named estate are required topresent them to the Personal Represent-ative or to the District Court of ElbertCounty, Colorado on or before January31, 2016 or the claims may be foreverbarred.

Lori K. JohnsonPersonal Representative24250 David C. Johnson LoopElbert, Colorado 80106

Legal Notice No: 23265First Publication: November 5, 2015Last Publication: November 19, 2015Publisher: Elbert County News

Name Changes

BEInformed!Informed!Read the Legal Notices!

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

Sunday School Bible Study9:30am

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

303-841-4660www.tlcas.org

Trinity Lutheran Church

& School

Sunday Worship8:00 AM Chapel Service

9:00 & 10:30 AM Sanctuary10:20 AM St. Andrew Wild�ower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Open and A�rming

Sunday Services - 10 a.m.Ruth Memorial Chapel19650 E. MainstreetParker, CO 80138 www.CSLParker.org

Castle Rock/Franktown Highlands Ranch Littleton

Parker

ParkerLone TreeGreenwood Village

Little Blessings Day Carewww.littleblessingspdo.com

First UnitedMethodist Church

1200 South StreetCastle Rock, CO 80104

303.688.3047www.fumccr.org

Services:Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am

Sunday School 9:15amworship Time

Welcome Home!Weaving Truth

and Relevance into Relationships and Life

9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages

90 east orchard roadlittleton, co

303 798 6387www.gracepointcc.us

10:30AM sundays

To advertise your place of worshipin this section,

call 303-566-4091 or [email protected] Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770

7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO303-841-3739 • ELCA

www.joylutheran-parker.orgwww.joylutheran-parker.org

S EE R V IR V I C E SC E S :

Joy LutheranChurch

Sharing God’s Love

Pastor Rod Hank

SATURDTURDATURDA AYAYA5:30pm5:30pm

SUNDAYAYA8 & 10:30am

Education Hour-9:15am

Parker evangelicalPresbyterian church

Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship8:45 am & 10:30 am

9030 MILLER ROADPARKER, CO 80138

3038412125www.pepc.org

Sunday Worship - 10:00amBible Study immediately following

Currently meeting at:Lone Tree Elementary School

9375 Heritage Hills CircleLone Tree CO 80124

303-688-9506www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Lone TreeChurch of Christ

Serving the Southeast Denver areaCall or check our website for information on services and

social events!

www.cbsdenver.org303-794-6643

Congregation Beth Shalom

Serving the southeast Denver area

Tune in Tuna“Tuna Christmas” by Joe Sears, Jason Williams and Ed

Howard plays through Dec. 20 at Miners Alley Play-house, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Seth Maisel and Christian Mast play Station OKKK announcers--and a bunch of other local folks. Robert Kramer directs. Performances: Fridays, Saturdays and Thursdays after Dec. 3; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $23, minersalley.com, 303-935-3044.


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