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Vandalism suspects appear in court Legal process for the three men accused of crimes moves forward By Tom Munds
tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Separate court hearings were held last week for each of three men suspected of the Jan. 12 vandalism at Englewood High School. In 18th Judicial District Court on March
28, 23-year-old Michael Alan Trickel of Denver entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree burglary and one misdemeanor count of second-degree arson specifically for burning an American flag during the vandalism. His sentencing hearing is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. June 20 in Division 407. Trickel was in custody and had been in the Arapahoe County Jail since his arrest. Two of the suspects, Anthony Ryan Meany, 26 and Chad Delgadillo, 28, were in 18th Judicial District Court for preliminary hearings on March 27. Both men had posted bond and were in court for their
hearings. Delgadillo’s attorney, Shazam Kianpour, said his client waived the pretrial hearing in light of a possible plea agreement. Judge Richard Jauch set the next court appearance for Delgadillo for 8:30 a.m. June 20 in Division 407. Judge Jauch then moved forward with Meany’s preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing is held to determine if there is sufficient evidence to take the case to trial. Deputy District Attorney Laura Anderson called Englewood Detective Brent Vogel as her first witness. Vogel testified how he was called to in-
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vestigate the Jan. 12 vandalism. He detailed how the trail led from the old portion of the school that was being demolished into the new portion of the school. He talked about the smashed windows and trophy cases Vandals continues on Page 14
Citizen survey coming City preparing special question for residents to answer By Tom Munds
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An emergency preparedness crew tends to a “victim” during a March 29 disaster training drill in Littleton. Photos by Tom Munds
Disaster drill preps for real thing Event helped train Citizen Emergency Response Team class members By Tom Munds
tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Cries for help from people with horrible-looking injuries filled the air March 29 at Bradford Auto Body in Littleton. It appeared very real but it was all part of the Citizen Emergency Response Team final class training drill. “We have 22 members of the class here today plus 16 volunteer victims,” said Mickey Kempf, project coordinator. “We also have members of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s (Office) and emergency medical personnel from Littleton Fire Rescue on hand to help us with the drill.” The students attended classes to learn
to deal with a disaster until first responders arrive, Kempf said. The scenario for the drill was to deal with the aftermath of a storm that pelted the area with 3-inch hail that was followed by a tornado. Makeup artist Marian O’Brien-Clark volunteered to use her skills to create the horrible-appearing wounds the victims supposedly suffered. She had designed wounds such a man who suffered a compound fracture of one leg and a woman who had a finger severed. Linda Sinclair, volunteer chaplain at Swedish Medical Center, came to help with the drill. “I have been to a number of disasters as a member of the Rapid Response Team through the Billy Graham organization,” she said. “I wanted to help out close to home. I was able to learn a lot of information I hope we will never need.” Littleton resident John Stephens completed the CERT class in 2012 and volunteered as a victim.
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Justin Shaltz assesses injuries suffered by “victim” D.B. Barnes during the March 29 disaster training drill.
He was made up to look like he had been impaled by a large piece of wood. “There were volunteer victims when I went to class so I wanted to help this year’s class with their drill,” he said For the drill, the “victims” went to their assigned locations inside and outside the rear building at Bradford Auto Body. Then the CERT students were divided into teams. One team checked the area and reported back and then teams were sent out to bring in the victims. Once everything was completed, the actions were evaluated and discussed at a lengthy debriefing, which wrapped up the day’s activities.
Members of the Englewood City Council worked with staff to draft the additional questions to be included in the citizen survey. Questions on the survey are a multiple-choice format. However, councilmembers agreed the survey should include a question that requires a written response that asks residents what they feel is the most important issue Englewood will face in the next 12 months. The city can also add three multiple choice questions to the survey. There was consensus approval for a question asking the best way the city can share information with residents. But there was a lengthy discussion about the second question for the survey, particularly about the wording. Basically, the idea is to ask residents if they would support or oppose a ballot question to fund infrastructure. If the voters approve a tax increase to provide additional funding the additional money could come from a permanent property tax increase or through bond sales, which are repaid by tax revenues. An additional portion of the increased revenue question would ask resident to prioritize where the additional revenue should be used. The potential choices would be fire department equipment and facilities, police department equipment and facilities, parks, recreation and open space, streets and bridge rehabilitation and improvement or city building rehabilitation and improvement. The council gave consensus approval Feb. 10 to conduct the survey this year. The survey will be sent out in May to 1,200 randomly selected residents. Standard survey questions ask residents for opinions about the city and its services. “Englewood has done citizen surveys before,” Mike Flaherty, deputy city manager, told the council. “Most recently, the city did surveys in 2007 Survey continues on Page 14
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Committee rejects audit for health insurance exchange effort Exchange has already cleared four independent audits By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A bill that would have allowed for Colorado’s health insurance marketplace to face a state audit died on a party-line vote in a Democrat-controlled Senate committee on March 26. The bill had received overwhelming bipartisan support in the House, but the Senate Health and Human Services Committee rejected the legislation, with Democrats arguing that Connect for Health Colorado is already being scrutinized by independent auditors as well as the federal government. “I’m worried that we’re... throwing more government at them when they have already hired private people to look at their performance,” said Sen. Irene Aguilar, DDenver, the committee chairwoman. Connect for Health Colorado is the state’s health insurance marketplace for Coloradans who wish to shop for insurance opportunities that were made possible through the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Committee recommended on a 7-1 vote to grant the state auditor the
ability to conduct a full performance audit of the health benefit exchange. The health exchange has received several millions of dollars in grant funding and Republican bill sponsors told the committee that it would be a good idea to make sure the money is being used correctly. “One hundred and seventy-seven million dollars in federal grants is a lot of money and I think it’s prudent for Colorado to empower our state auditor to perform a performance audit,” Sen. David Balmer, R-Centennial, told the committee. State Auditor Dianne Ray testified that
the committee that the Internal Revenue Service has done a review of the exchange and that the benefit marketplace also reports to the federal government on a monthly basis. Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, D-Black Hawk, said it would be premature for the state to launch an audit of a new program, especially since auditors wouldn’t have any “best practice” measures for which to provide a comparison. “I think that they already have a number of audits that have demonstrated their performances have been far better than most of the health exchanges in the other states,” Nicholson said. Democratic Sens. Linda Newell of Littleton and John Kefalas of Fort Collins joined Nicholson and Aguilar in voting against the bill. Republican Sens. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, Larry Crowder of Alamosa and Kevin Lundberg of Berthoud all voted no. Republicans insisted that the legislation wasn’t a commentary on the Affordable Care Act, which their party has adamantly opposed, both here and nationally. “It’s important to separate the oranges from the apples,” said Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, a committee member. “This is not a statement for or against the exchange or for or against the national Obamacare program.” However, after the vote, Lundberg blasted Democrats on the committee for killing the legislation, “in an attempt to cover up the failures of ObamaCare.”
any time a new program operates with a large amount of money behind it and it uses that money in a short period of time, it’s a good idea to examine its practices. Right now, Ray said her office is limited in the type of an audit it can conduct on the Colorado Health Network. For example, her office would be unable to look at things like information technology issues and whether Connect for Health’s enrollment projections LOG ON & are “reasonVOTE TODAY! able.” “We can’t OR COMPLETE THE BALLOT ON PAGE 24 look at anything outside of just the moneys,” she said. But Connect for Health Colorado CEO Patty Fontneau said the exchange has had four “clean” independent audits already. She also told
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SO MUCH INSIDE THE HERALD THIS WEEK Stars in the making: Englewood youth shine at state talent competition. Page 5
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Grand Marshal: Veterinarian to steal spotlight in Western Welcome Week parade. Page 21
Sports: Englewood teams get ready for post-break action. Page 18
Easter: Great Egg Scramble set for April 12. Page 14
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The City of Englewood Utilities Department will be conducting its annual fire hydrant flushing program starting the week of April 14th at 7:00 a.m. During this week, the water mains throughout the entire City will be flushed between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. In order to clean residue and sediments from the mains, the Water Distribution crews will be isolating sections of pipe by shutting off the valves to connecting pipes, then opening the fire hydrant on the main to full volume. The resulting surge of water flushes mineral accumulations from the pipe. As the rushing water forces the minerals from the mains, it may force small amounts into the connecting service lines. Residents should be aware, therefore, that one or more days during the week of 14th they might experience a flow of brown water from their taps. They should then turn on their cold water only until the taps are flowing clear. Because of the nature of the project and the limited time available to complete it, crews will be unable to provide prior notification of their daily schedules. Residents are advised to check their cold water daily during the week of 14th to determine if their systems have been affected by the flushing. If there are any questions or problems, please contact
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Englewood police arrested a 36-yearold man for allegedly making threats to kill a woman and assaulting a senior member of the community. Officers went to the 2800 block of South Delaware about 2:10 a.m. March 28 to investigate reports of threats. Police evaluated the information and determined a 36-year-old man had reportedly threatened to kill a 30-year-old woman. He also allegedly assaulted an 82-year-old woman. According to the report, the suspect began to resist officers but police took him into custody. The 36-year-old man was taken to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Detention Facility. He could face a variety of felony and misdemeanor charges.
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Four local performers place second at competition By Tom Munds
tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com A quartet of performers from Englewood each captured runner-up honors in their specific categories at the March 8 state talent show at Chatfield High School. They included: Morgan Tucker, kindergarten-fourth grade music; Delany Ridder, kindergarten-fourth grade vocals; Shellee Schwartz, fifth-eighth grade dance; and Megan Lucas, ninth-12th grade vocals. The placers were among the seven performers from Englewood who advanced to state by finishing first at Englewood’s Night of the Stars talent show that was held Feb. 21 at Hampden Hall. There were 46 performers who took the stage at the Night of the Stars Talent Contest, contributing to what is believed to be the largest field of competitors in the history of the event. “We had a large number of entries last year and this year,” said program coordinator Chris Vitale. “That could be because
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a number of recreation departments cancelled their talent show this year so we got kids from other parts of the metro area. This year, we had 34 entries that did not live or go to school in Englewood.” Vitale said there also were more family groups in the competition this year, most of which were competing in the vocal category. Performers for the talent competitions ranged in age from kindergartners to seniors in high school. Each entry signed up for voice, music or variety and then was placed in one of the three age groups. Englewood’s first-place winners in each age group in each talent category took part in the state event on March 8. This year, six recreation departments had competitors in the talent contest. The Night of the Stars traces its roots back to 1982 when the Englewood Recreation Department decided to offer area residents an opportunity to “shine” on stage and created an annual talent show titled Night of the Stars. The program continued until 1993, when it was put on hold. However, it was reintroduced in 2004 and appears on each year’s recreation department calendar of events and activities.
Lifestyle Options Expo slated Thirty-five displays planned for event at Malley Center By Tom Munds
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Morgan Tucker picks out a tune on his guitar at the state talent contest. Tucker finished second in the kindergarten through fourth-grade music category. Courtesy photo
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Blaming is obstacle on road to accountability “It wasn’t me!” “It’s not my fault!” “I can’t believe they did that!” To me, personal accountability is right up there with character, integrity, and honesty on the value scale. When we make mistakes, and we will, it is our responsibility to own them, fix the issue if possible, move on and learn from each one. As for me, I am doing a lot of learning these days … if you know what I mean. What we have to avoid is the “Blame Game” when it comes to blaming ourselves or others. Whether we try and hide from our errors out of shame, or we have developed a coping mechanism over time that allows us to point the finger of blame at others, it’s time to step up and take ownership of everything we do. And by the way, some of you may have heard or seen this before, but when we point the finger of blame at someone else, there are still three
fingers pointing back in our direction. Do others need to be held accountable? Absolutely. We all make mistakes and err from time to time. And in each case the level of conversation or appropriateness of a discussion around the event will be driven or dictated by the depth of the relationship between the people involved. When we have the strength and confidence to hold ourselves accountable for our own actions, it becomes so much easier to talk with others about their accountability and
responsibility. It’s when we act one way and think that it would be OK to absolve ourselves from being held accountable, yet we feel like we can point out the erroneous ways of others, is where we get ourselves in trouble. Accountability sometimes carries a negative connotation, but it doesn’t always have to. People just don’t like being held accountable; it is a strong word for sure and does carry a heavy weight or even burden for some people. Accountability should be a positive word and used to motivate, inspire, and encourage ourselves and others. When used negatively, accountability can become a weapon. When it is used positively it can serve as a tool and launching pad for greatness. The next time you consider pointing your finger somewhere, point it in the direction of where you want to go instead
of pointing it at where you have been or at someone else. Now when you do this, point your finger towards your destination, you will still have three fingers pointing back at yourself. This will remind you that you are the one responsible and accountable for reaching and exceeding your goals. So are you playing the “Blame Game” or are you using accountability as a tool to help drive you toward the achievement of your goals and dreams? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail. com. And when we leverage accountability as a tool and not a weapon, 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.
Session more than halfway through Now over halfway into the legislative session, we’re just getting the budget (or the Long Bill) from the House and working on it this week in the Senate. I’ll be able to give more details in my column next month, but in the meantime, listed below, are more of my bills that are making their way through the process.
House Bill 1271
You build them up, they let you down Who and what can you count on? Who and what can you rely upon, each and every day? (Let’s leave God out of this.) It’s a good question. Even the best of friends flake out now and then. The best appliances go on the blink. Technology is always vulnerable. Your car can’t be trusted 100 percent of the time. Your cookies are broken. There are bones in your burrito. Meteorologists? They’re good, but they’re not perfect. I have never complained. Most of the time they are right on it. I always keep in mind that they are not predicting the weather on my street. I can’t count on my favorite actor to always, always be brilliant. The same goes for my favorite musicians. When I was a teenager, if a group had two hits, they would record an album. There would be a hit on each side, and the rest of the songs would be fillers. Most of the time the fillers were duds. Sometimes my favorite group — like Peter, Paul, and Mary — would record a song from the drecky settlings of a songwriter who missed the boat, missed the bus, missed the velocipede. Please don’t make me listen to “I Dig Rock and Roll Music.” My theory is that they thought their day had come and gone, that folk music’s day had come and gone, and that they wanted to look like they were still valid. Instead of singing a rock and roll song, they elected to be rock and roll sycophants. That’s unforgivable. On top of that, they sing the word “dig.” The song came out in 1968. “Dig” had come and gone years before. It made me sad. Unfortunately the damn thing was a hit. I freeze when I hear it,
and leap to change it. One time I changed the station, and the second worse song ever was on. Jefferson Airplane may have taken its name from a slang term for “a paper match splint that holds a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold without burning the fingers.” One disc jockey said they were named after an airplane that was displayed in front of Jefferson High School. Either way, it was a good name. Was. Then someone decided to befriend “Star Wars” and renamed the group “Starship.” That still irritates me. Their first single was awful. Unfortunately it was a hit too. Elton John’s pal Bernie Taupin was involved. Please. Please do not play “We Built This City (on Rock and Roll”). It was all wrong, arrogant, a presumption, badly timed, a once great band’s resignation to the slide back down the hill. It reminded of Academy Awardwinning actor Ray Milland appearing in “The Man With Two Heads.” If it had been at the start of his career, OK. It wasn’t. The other head belonged to black football star Roosevelt Grier. What was it like on the set? Was it non-stop laughing? I’ll tell you what I can count on every Smith continues on Page 7
Duty to Warn for Mental Health Professionals: on its way to governor Today, mental health therapists and counselors who might hear specific threats of imminent physical violence against a person or persons have civil immunity when they warn law enforcement of those threats. This bill expands that to persons within entities or at specific locations, like a theater in Aurora or Arapahoe High School. So, with this bill, a client will not be able to sue the professional for warning law enforcement of the threat against people in that named location.
Senate Bill 160
Removing the Time Limit Cap for Transitional Housing for Brain-Injured: Senate Floor People with brain injuries have unique paths to healing with varied prognoses and therapy programs. Research now shows us that some need more time than others to make it back home. So, unfortunately there is in law, an artificial cap of time for rehabilitation. If they’re not ready to return home, they’re transferred
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to a nursing home, which may not be the best place for their healing and ends up costing more for all of us in the healthcare system. This bill removes that cap to ensure the most appropriate environment for healing.
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Household Medications Take-Back Program: Senate Finance In 2012, Colorado was listed No. 2 in the country in prescription drug misuse and overdoses and eighth highest in suicide deaths. Children’s Hospital has seen a significant increase in emergency visits of accidental ingestion of both drugs and marijuana. As part of the solution, a take-back program of household medications could reduce accidental drug poisoning among children and intentional poisoning among youth and young adults by encouraging proper disposal and eliminating a surplus of substances in the home. Newell continues on Page 7
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Today’s snow is tomorrow’s water Nothing beats a week of gray skies and stuffy suits in Washington like a sunny day in Colorado’s high country. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to strap on some snowshoes for a short hike on Berthoud Pass with local water managers and staff from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. They were taking a manual reading of the state’s snowpack and checking the automatic SNOTEL measurement device. Undersecretary Robert Bonnie, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top environmental and natural resource official, and the man who oversees NRCS, also came along. These snowpack measurement systems, some that date back to the 1900s, are a critical part of the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program that Colorado water officials rely on to anticipate river flows in the spring when the snow melts and calculate how much water will run off into rivers and reservoirs. Our state’s farm-
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House Bill 1122
Keep Marijuana From Those Under 21: signed by the governor
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Childcare Assistance Authorization Period: signed by governor Assists low-income parents in staying employed and helps children with stability in their childcare. For more details on any of my legislation, you can sign up for my email newsletter or contact my office any time. You’re also welcome to join me at the Capitol any time to shadow me for an hour or all day. We’re in session until
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day. Any day of the week, any time of day. Two things, actually, that have never failed me. Each is profoundly simple, and capable of profound things. One is a No. 2 pencil. A yellow No. 2 pencil, with a pink eraser at the end. You have a complete unit of production that includes its own little editor. It’s perfect. What if you don’t have a sharpener?
ers and ranchers depend on these forecasts to decide how much and what type of crops to plant, while metropolitan leaders use the data to decide how best to meet their needs in the coming years and to prepare for potential flooding. Beyond Colorado, these measurements are important for states downstream that depend on our watersheds. Colorado contains nine major watersheds, each with its own snowfall patterns and obligations to other states. While some of these water
May 7. Just contact my office to coordinate. Year round, I hold two monthly nonpartisan town halls in Littleton and Aurora. In Littleton, they are the second Saturday of every month, usually at Blueberry’s Café in the Woodlawn Shopping center on Littleton Boulevard and Windermere. During session, I give a monthly legislative update and answer questions on bills going through the state Legislature. In the interim, we have guest speakers on various topics. Everyone is welcome. Linda Newell is the state Senator for District 26, which includes Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, west Centennial and parts of Aurora. She can be reached at (303) 866-4846 or Linda.newell.senate@gmail.com.
Sharpen it on a sidewalk. I have. When I open a package of paper, a package of white, copy and print paper, it’s always the same. Perfect. Gleaming and ready. Each sheet is ready for something right away. A copy of a copy, notes for one of my columns, a sketch of a dachshund or a shopping list: “Pick up asparagus sandwiches, bird seed, plenty of No. 2 pencils.”
sources may be at 100 percent, in other regions the levels may be less than half of the normal supply. Many of the state’s water rights agreements are predicated on the level of snowpack making the accuracy of these measurements particularly important. Recently, however, funding for the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program was threatened by budget cuts and sequestration. Colorado communities from across the state shared their strong concerns that cutting funding to this program would damage the accuracy of the measurements and reduce the effectiveness of this vital planning tool. In response to these concerns, we joined forces with Colorado’s water community, Sen. Mark Udall, and Congressman Scott Tipton to urge the NRCS to reconsider the cuts. After working with local communities, water managers, and the NRCS, we secured funding for the program for this
winter. In addition, we secured funding in congress for the next fiscal year. We are not out of the woods yet though. While we provided much-needed breathing room in the short-term, we must continue to work to explore options to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability. Water is one of our state’s most valuable resources. In the face of unending drought in southern Colorado, historic levels of flooding on the Front Range and significant population growth, the accuracy of these measurements is increasingly critical. Today’s snowpack is tomorrow’s water, and it is vital to our state’s future that we work together to ensure that our farmers, city leaders, and water managers have the tools they need to accurately forecast how much of this precious resource they’ll have each and every season. Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.
MILESTONES Education
Lindsay Boyea, Callie Law, Connor Law, Connor Sanderlin and Ryan Searle, of Englewood, were named first-year scholars for the fall 2013 semester at the University of Northern Colorado. Richard Tillquist, of Englewood, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Lafayette College. Tillquist is a graduate of Kent Denver School. Tushar Kumar, of Englewood, was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Kumar is pursuing a degree in chemistry at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Pritha Mishra, of Englewood, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Columbia College. Lisa Li, Austin Hughes and Carson Walker, of Englewood, were named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Emory College. Karleen Walters and Payton Phillips, of Englewood, were named to the fall 2013 honor roll at the University of Kansas.
Walters is the daughter of Maria Walters, of Englewood. Phillips is the daughter of Kara and Clay Phillips, of Englewood. David Corboy, of Englewood, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at the Berklee College of Music. Lacee Floyd, of Littleton, was inducted as a member of Omnicron Delta Kappa Honor Society at William Woods University. Floyd also was voted by peers to sit on the court as a potential queen candidate at Courtwarming. Andrew Rutty, of Littleton, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Berklee College of Music. Shannon Hogan, of Littleton, was named to the fall 2013 president’s list at Miami University. Joseph G. O’Sullivan, of Littleton, was named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at the University of St. Thomas. John Senior, of Littleton, was named to the fall 2013 honor roll at the University of Kansas. He is the son of Lauren Senior, of Littleton.
OBITUARIES Liggett
Dora Louise Liggett
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NEWS IN A HURRY Lifeguards honored
Englewood Parks and Recreation Department’s lifeguards were honored recently as they received the Jeff Ellis and Associates Gold International Aquatic Safety Award. The award was presented to the Englewood lifeguards for consistently exceeding the criteria for aquatic safety certification.
Music program recognized
The Grammy Foundation has named the Cherry Creek High School music program as a winner of the foundation’s signature school award. Cherry Creek was one of 123 finalists and one of 12 schools to receive the award. The signature schools program
was created in 1998 to recognize U.S. high schools that provide excellent music education for students. The $2,000 award will be used for program funding.
Park-n-Ride closing
The remaining parking area at the Alameda Park-n-Ride facility will be closed on April 6. The Regional Transportation District reported the light rail service to the Alameda Station will not change. However, bus routes 3, 34 and 52 will be rerouted and will make stops at assigned locations along South Cherokee Street. Limited parking will be available at the Broadway Marketplace Park-n-Ride, which is located about 100 yards east of the Alameda Station.
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Dora, 104, died peacefully on March 18, 2014, in Aurora, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, William Liggett, MD. Dora had a life-long interest in art. She first made stoneware pottery with glazes made from the minerals found in Colorado mines. She went on to study watercolor, oil, and acrylic painting, Chinese brush painting, and calligraphy. Dora was a member of the Littleton Art Guild. She taught art classes at the Malley Senior Center from its opening until her 100th birthday. Dora is survived by her four children: Sue Ellen Englert (Thad) of Moffat, CO; Robin Liggett of Lone Tree, CO; Bill Liggett (Nancy) of Boulder, CO; Celene Hinnegan of Fountain, CO; her sister Charlyn Boord of Santa Rosa, CA; and eight grand children and four great-grandchildren.
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Recall elections bill passes Senate on party lines Republicans say measure tramples state constitution By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Democrat-sponsored bill that would re-shape how Colorado voters cast ballots in recall elections passed the state Senate on March 28, as Republicans cried foul. The bill would allow people more time to vote and would provide more options for casting their ballots in recall elections — something that wasn’t possible during last fall’s historic legislative recalls, which resulted in the ousting of two Democratic Senate members. But Republicans blasted the effort as an end-run around the state constitution that is clearly aimed at driving higher Democratic turnout in recall elections. “Just because the constitution is an inconvenient truth, it’s still the truth,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado
Springs, in a Senate debate that preceded the vote. Democrats say the idea behind Senate Bill 158 is to sync modern election code with outdated election language in the state constitution — which was written more than a century prior to last year’s recalls. The Colorado Constitution states that a candidate has up to 15 days prior to Election Day to submit enough signatures to appear on a recall ballot. The Democrat-sponsored bill would require candidates to submit signatures 15 days prior to when ballots are made available to voters, which occurs long before the actual day of the election. The changes would give county clerks more time to process mail ballots, something that didn’t happen during last year’s recalls — where Democratic Sens. John Morse of Colorado Springs and Angela Giron of Pueblo lost their seats in elections that were spurred by their votes on gun-control legislation. The elections were preceded by court
battles that culminated with a Denver District Court judge ruling that the mailing of ballots could not be possible in those recalls. Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, a bill sponsor, said that resulted in “terrible” voter turnout last year. Jones said that about 36 percent of eligible voters showed up to vote in Giron’s recall election, while only 21 percent of voters cast ballots in the Morse contest. Jones said that the lack of a mail ballot option particularly harmed military voters, the elderly and persons with disabilities, because they had a more difficult time getting to the polls on a single Election Day. “Nobody benefits from chaos, especially the voters,” Jones said. “This aligns the constitution in such a way so that people who want to vote can vote.” Jones also cited bill support from the nonpartisan County Clerk’s Association. Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, also a bill sponsor, said the bill “modernizes” recall elections in a way that Colorado voters have become accustomed to, through the current
general election process. “This is just taking the experience from last year and making our laws more understandable for everyone involved,” Steadman said. But Republicans blasted the bill for “running roughshod over the constitution.” They argued that the language in the constitution clearly defines that Election Day means just that — and not the weeks-long early voting process that Democrats say it is. “We’re redefining Election Day here and I don’t think that is something we can do,” said Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley. “That is unconstitutional.” The bill now heads to the House after it passed the Senate following an 18-17 partyline vote. The result did not sit well with Republican Sen. Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch. “The Democrats lost multiple court battles to stop the recalls, they then lost two Senators to recall elections, so today they are attempting to amend the constitution without a vote of the people,” Harvey said. “Their disrespect of the voters of Colorado knows no bounds.”
As wildfire season approaches, several Colorado state lawmakers are pushing the state to secure its own aerial firefighting fleet. Republican state Sen. Steve King, Senate President Morgan Carroll and Senate Minority leader Bill Cadman are behind SB 14-164, a bipartisan effort that would give Colorado its own fleet. King and others hosted an open house on March 26 at Centennial Airport that featured a live water drop demonstration of the Martin Marietta C-130 Hercules Next Generation Airtanker, built by Coulson Aviation USA. Courtesy photo by Deborah Grigsby Smith
Legislators hope bill soars Special to Colorado Community Media As wildfire season approaches, several Colorado state lawmakers are pushing the state to secure its own aerial firefighting fleet. Republican State Sen. Steve King, Senate President Morgan Carroll and Senate Minority leader Bill Cadman are behind SB 14-164, a bipartisan effort that would give Colorado its own firefighting fleet. King and others hosted an open house on March 26 at Centennial Airport that fea-
tured a live water drop demonstration of the Martin Marietta C-130 Hercules Next Generation Airtanker, built by Coulson Aviation USA. Last year, SB 13-245 created the Colorado Firefighting Air Corps, but the state currently has no such aircraft. Should the new bill pass, it would permit the state, for the 2014 fire season, to purchase, lease, or contract for the use of up to three firefighting helicopters. For the 2015 fire season and beyond, the state could use up to four large aircraft from the federal government or other sources.
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Party divisions flare in budget battle Democrats focus on education, but not enough says GOP By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Democrat-majority state House passed a $23 billion budget on March 28 that will increase funding for education, aid flood and wildfire victims, and will bolster reserves by stashing away millions in “rainy day” dollars. But only one Republican voted for the annual “long bill” as GOP members blastReport ed Democrats for not funding specific measures that are of importance to the minority party, including money for increased drunken driving penalties and what they are saying is not enough money for K-12 education. The passage of the 2014-15 fiscal year budget came on the heels of several hours of debate that spanned two days as lawmakers wrangled over a long bill that comes with more dollars than last year’s, thanks in part to a state economy that continues to gain steam. “We are in a better place, we can make investments, we can start putting back the pieces that were harmed in the great recession,” said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. The bill includes a general fund budget — made up of tax revenue that supports the operations of most state departments — of $8.7 billion, a $600 million increase over the current year’s budget. About half of the general fund dollars support K-12 and higher education, both of which will receive significant increases in the new budget. Through the annual school finance
act and the Student Success Act — school funding measures that are making their way through the Legislature — the budget will pump about $200 million in additional K-12 education funding that increase per-pupil funding by $200 per student. That money will also be used to enroll more kids in preschool and full-day kindergarten, as well as to fund English language learning programs. Higher education will receive an additional $100 million in funding, the majority of which will go toward student financial aid. “We are making a huge investment in our K-12 system,” Ferrandino said. “This is a responsible budget that sets us up for success in the future.” The budget also includes an additional $78 million in disaster relief funds. Money will be available to provide tax relief for homeowners who were impacted by last year’s floods and wildfires, something that was a top priority for the Legislature coming into this year’s session. In addition, the long bill includes 2.5 percent pay increases for state employees and Medicaid providers. Gov. John Hickenlooper will see a few things in the budget that he will surely use in his re-election campaign literature. That includes money that will update outdated computer technology at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which aims to significantly reduce wait times at DMV offices. And the state’s emergency reserves will increase from 5 percent under this year to 6.5 percent, under the new budget. That was a key piece to Hickenlooper’s budget request to the Joint Budget Committee, prior to the start of the legislative session. The budget also includes about $50 million that will be set aside for bills that are currently going through legislative
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Parties clash over funding areas
Lawmakers tend to fight more when there is an abundance of money, rather than during lean budget years. And that was the case in House on March 27 and 28, when more than 40 budget amendments were introduced by lawmakers who were seeking funding for various priorities. They included failed efforts by Republicans to set aside $1.7 million to pay for initial funding of a bill that would create a felony DUI in Colorado for repeat cases of drunken driving. That effort is being sponsored by Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, who is also running for attorney general. “Democrats stated they had set aside money for priorities, yet I cannot think of a bigger priority than protecting Colorado families from habitual drunk drivers,” Waller said through a statement issued after the first night of House debate. Republicans also blasted Democrats for not support GOP measures to increase funding for road construction and backfilling K-12 education budget cuts that has created the so-called “negative factor.” The budget includes $100 million that will be used to buy down the negative factor, but Republicans wanted that buydown to be increased by as much as $35 million more than what’s being proposed. House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, took issue with Democrats’ rejections of GOP proposals.
“It’s tough for me to stand here and say this was a broad, bipartisan budget,” DelGrosso said. “We could have done so much more with the resources we have and we could have done it in a fiscally responsible way.” DelGrosso joined 26 other Republicans to vote against the budget. The only Republican to vote yes was Rep. Cheri Gerou of Evergreen, who is a member of the Joint Budget Committee. But Ferrandino said key Republican efforts are not dead. Chances are that Waller’s felony DUI bill will end up passing the House Appropriations Committee — something that Ferrandino assured Waller would happen, Waller told Colorado Community Media. Ferrandino said that Democrats could also get behind another GOP proposal to fund a pilot project for advanced placement students in rural communities, so long as Republicans do something to reduce the price tag of the program. The House speaker said the economy is doing better and the sate can do more things than it has been able to do in recent years. But that doesn’t mean that everyone’s going to get their way. “We still have to live in the realities of the budgets we have,” Ferrandino said. “There’s a lot of things I’d love to do in the budget, but at the end of the day, that budget has to be balanced.” The budget bill now heads to the Senate.
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Wine time to be had by all If you love wine then you probably already have your tickets for this annual event. The DAM Uncorked Wine Tasting is being held on April 11 from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $90 for Denver Art Museum members and $125 for non-members. Guests can beat the crowds and taste the best wines first with First Taste tickets, which are an additional $35 and allow access at 5 p.m. Events are at the downtown Denver museum and tickets can be purchased online at www.denverartmuseum. org/uncorked. The event features more than 300 wines and hors d’oeuvres from Kevin Taylor Catering. Guests will also have the opportunity to bid on items in the silent auction such as spa and restaurant packages or bottles of wine. Wine experts and novices alike will enjoy an evening discovering their new favorite wine. The DAM Uncorked Dinner & Auction, on April 12, begins at 6 p.m. with a silent auction reception featuring cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a seated dinner and live auction. Guests can bid on rare bottles of wine, exclusive access to private art collections, tours with DAM curators and unique travel packages.
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Westword’s Best of Denver 2014 is out and, as always, it’s a fun read. A few highlights ... Best Dive Bar is Lakeview Lounge; Best ContemporaryCocktail Bar is Williams & Graham; Best Late-Afternoon Happy Hour is Old Major; Best French Fries at Jonesy’s EatBar. Sure to create controversy is Westword’s choice for Best Hamburger, with the winner being new to the restaurant scene, Humboldt Farm Fish Wine, located at the former site of Strings Restaurant. Readers’ choice is Cherry Cricket. As it should be. Another hotly contested category is always Best Steakhouse. And the winner is Elway’s Cherry Creek and Elway’s Downtown. Reader’s choice: Capital Grille. As usual, Westword has “unique” categories. Best Mind-Altering Edibles That Don’t Contain THC: The Chocolate Therapist. Best Place to Contemplate Death With Others: Denver Death Cafe.
Cher, Lady Gaga coming
It’s going to be a great summer of concerts! Cher kicks off a hot summer of powerhouse female stars coming to Mile High City. Continuing to show she can “turn back time,” Cher performs at the Pepsi Center on May 28. Is this really her Farewell Tour? The Living Proof Tour in 2005 was originally billed as her farewell tour. More than 3.5 million fans attended that tour, which grossed $250 million. Tickets are on sale for the Dressed to Kill tour with opening act Cyndi Lauper. It may your last chance to see her live, or not? Tickets are available at www.cher. tickets-center.com. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga comes to Denver on Aug. 6, also at the Pepsi Center, for artRAVE: the ARTPOP Ball Tour. New staging was uniquely designed to bring the superstar closer to the fans. Parker continues on Page 13
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Denver visitors can peruse art at center
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sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Denver’s iconic 40-foot-tall Blue Bear, titled “I See What You Mean,” now has more to look at as he peers into the Denver Convention Center. Eight new works of art were recently placed in the center to enhance the experience of the many visitors who trek through its exhibit spaces and halls. The artworks were paid for through a public-private partnership between the City and County of Denver and the convention center’s management company, SMG, which commissioned the project. Total cost was $235,000. The pieces mark the introduction of Denver’s newly announced cultural plan, “IMAGINE 2020,” and were selected through NINEdotARTS, a local cultural consultant, with representatives from
Denver Arts and Venues, Visit Denver, SMG and members of the Denver arts community. The focus was on Denver artists and galleries. Half of the artists are younger than 35, although Denver veterans Roland Bernier and Phil Bender are also included. For Bernier, it’s the largest installation in his 60-year career of creating art from words (“Wall of Words”). Choices range from traditional landscape through Bernier’s words and Bender’s license plates to Mindy Bray’s huge mural and Ian Fisher’s images of clouds and sky. (Museum of Outdoor Arts in Englewood recently exhibited his work.) On the wall by the two-story escalator that carries one up to the exhibition halls is a 95-by-95-foot site-specific mural by Mindy Bray, titled “The Heavy is the Root of the Light.” It is based on photographs of the Platte River nearby at Confluence Park and speaks of the flow of pedestrians as well as that of the river. The title is a line from the Tao Te Ching. Bray is a painter and installation artist based in Denver, who received her MFA from the University of Iowa in 2005. She has taught at the University of Denver and
Metropolitan State University and exhibited nationally. Her artist statement reads: “All visual experience is filtered, as the brain categorizes and creates patterns in order to attempt an understanding of what is being experienced …. My works on paper and on the wall describe an intersection of the natural world and built environments ….” Other new public art at the convention center: • “I Know You Know That I Know” by Sandra Fettingis. • “Untitled (Ocular Series) by Mike McClung. • “Wall of Words” by Roland Bernier. • “Boulder Creek-Autumn 08 #1” by James Cook. • “Atmosphere No. 27, 37 and 44” by Ian Fisher. • “Untitled 88” by Derrick Velasquez. • “License Plates” by Phil Bender. These new works would meet the priority listed in “IMAGINE 2020” that states: “Increase visibility of local artistic and creative talent.” The document, as well as a summary of it, can be found online. We hope the metropolitan area arts community is aware of its aspirations.
Words, music, dance get westward slant Wonderbound troupe offers new creation at PACE Center By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Wonderbound is a dance company under the direction of Garrett Ammon and Dawn Fay — 11 dancers who are known for unusual movement and collaboration with other artists in the community, as new works are created. IF YOU GO The most recent creation is “Gone “Gone West” will be West,” with 11 new performed April 4-6 poems by Michael at the Performing Arts J. Henry, director Complex at Pinnacle of the Lighthouse Charter School, 1001 Writers Workshop, W. 84th Ave., Federal and 10 new songs Heights. Performances: written by Den7:30 p.m. April 4, 5; 2 ver musician Ian p.m. April 6. Tickets: Cooke, a cellist with 303-292-4700. On a popular band, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. which will accomand April 13 at 2 p.m., pany the dancers. “Gone West” will be Ammon writes presented at the PACE of the “collection of Center, 20000 Pikes beautifully flawed Peak Ave., Parker. Tickhumans” brought ets: $22-$47, 303-805to life in Henry’s 6800, wonderbound. poetry, while Cooke com. said, “My inspira-
A new production by Wonderbound, “Gone West,” will take place at PACE Center on April 12 and 13. Courtesy photo tion for ‘Gone West’ comes from the relationships humans have with each other and the earth. I think periodic exposure to raw unfiltered nature gives us clarity and helps us sort out our issues … Nature can be harsh, but even when it causes traumatic events, it helps us evolve … telling this story together through dance, poetry and music is one of the best, most human
ways to do so.” The performance is described as a Western journey that is a cross between Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and a KOA Campground. Contemporary ballet draws on many sources, both new and traditional, to offer yet another way of telling stories to an audience. These are exceptional dancers.
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Shop offers fresh cup of student art Artwork by Englewood High School students will be exhibited at Nixon’s Coffee House, 871 Englewood Parkway, near the Englewood Civic Center, during April. An artists’ reception is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. April 22. Art teacher Emily Winthrop is a 2006 EHS graduate and is in her first year of teaching. Photography students, taught by Kelly Aragon, will also exhibit art. (Aragon teaches half time at EHS and the half time at Englewood’s Charles Hay World School.) Winthrop says the art varies in style from ceramics, graffiti and tattoo art to portraits and cartoons, executed in a variety of media. The coffee shop is open long hours: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays to Fridays: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 303-504-5224.
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Master naturalist and award-winning nature photographer Dawn Wilson will speak at the April 8 meeting of the Englewood Camera Club, held at 7 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Wilson specializes in traveling to high elevations and latitudes and photographing
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The annual Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition at Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts will run through April 16, with an opening from 5 to 7 p.m. April 4. Painter Lee Wasilik of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild is juror, and the guild, which held its annual “This is Colorado” show recently at
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CGA, is sponsor for the exhibit. Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, open until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. The gallery is in the Annex building at the college, located at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton.
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The Depot Arts Center, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, is repeating its popular “Under One Hundred” exhibit with original, colorful artworks for less than $100 through May 4. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Fine gift ideas. 303-795-0781.
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The name has changed from the Great Egg Hunt to the Great Egg Scramble but Englewood’s annual event remains unchanged. “I worked with the event last year,” said event organizer Chris Vitale. “There was little hunting and more scrambling so we decided to make the name `the Great Egg Scramble.’” Just like in past years, there will be a big, white bunny that will give out treats, hugs and pose for pictures as parents and children flock to April 12 at Miller Field, 3600 S. Elati St. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. and the gathering of goodies starts at 10. The event is for children 1-8 years old. The cost is $1 per child and all the children are asked to bring a container for the loot they collect. Each year, arrivals chat and socialize as they gather behind the tape while volunteers complete the task of littering the grass with an abundance of plastic eggs, goodies and toys. The crowd is usually large so, to give all the children the best possible opportunity to collect goodies, the goodies are spread around areas are clearly marked off into four areas, one area for each of the four age groups. There are separate areas for 1- and 2-year-olds, 3- and 4-year-olds, 5- and 6-year-olds and 7- and 8-year-olds. Parents are not allowed to help older children but
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and the numerous fires that had been set. “When I arrived there was standing water from the sprinklers that did a lot of damage to the walls and carpet,” the detective said. Police initially used school surveillance video to try to identify suspects in the case. However, Vogel said the search was assisted when police found a cellular phone that was traced to Delgadillo. The detective said audio and video on the cellular phone showed the three individuals smashing windows and setting fires at Englewood High School. “During an interview with Delgadillo, he admitted being at the school and identified the other two men who were with him as Meany and Trickel,” Vogel said. “He told us all three had a hand in setting the fires and doing the damage in the school.” The detective further stated Delgadillo said he and his companions had been drinking Fireball whiskey when they decided to go to the high school. After the testimonies, cross examinations and closing arguments were completed, Public Defender Nicholas Sarwark
can give a hand to the toddlers and very young children as they collect goodies. When the starting horn sounds at 10 a.m. the rush is on. The children race here and there to scoop up candy, toys, prizes and brightly-colored plastic eggs spread around on the grass. Each plastic egg contains goodies and, somewhere on the field, there are a few special eggs in each age group’s hunting grounds. The children who find the special eggs can redeem them for extra baskets filled with toys and goodies. The mad scramble doesn’t last long. Usually within 10 minutes or less, each area has been picked clean right down to the blades of grass. Englewood resident Michelle Franklin said she and her sisters attended the event when they were children and now she plans to bring her 2-year-old and her 5-year-old to the event. “I moved out of Englewood for a while and I was surprised when I got back how many things I remember as a child are still going on,” she said. “I think five or six members of our Sunday school class are going to come to the hunt and then grab lunch. If the event is like it used to be, I think it will be a fun time for the kids and for the adults.” The Great Egg Hunt needs Mother Nature’s cooperation to be a success but, in case the weather is bad, the decision will be made late in the day April 11 or early April 12, whether or not to move the event back one day to April 13. To check on the status of the event as it draws near, call 303-762-2598, Ext. 4.
entered a motion not to include the charge of first-degree arson, which is a class 3 felony. He cited court precedent to support his position that the fires had damaged the paint but hadn’t damaged the building. He also requested the first-degree criminal mischief not be included in the charges since damage caused by the fires was small and the majority of the damage was caused by the water from the sprinkler system. The prosecutor disagreed so Judge Jauch took time to evaluate the arguments. He returned and ruled that no charge would be eliminated and ordered Meany to return to court at 10 a.m. June 20 in Division 407 for arraignment. Meany is facing 10 charges ranging from one count of first-degree arson and one count of criminal mischief causing more than $20,000 damage to two counts of second degree burglary, one count of conspiracy to commit second-degree arson. In a press release from the office of the District Attorney, 18th Judicial District, stated the office is pursuing restitution from the three defendants totaling $187,894.03, which is the current estimate of the damage done by the vandalism. It was noted that the restitution amount could be increased.
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and again in 2009. We plan to have the National Research Center in Boulder conduct the mail survey and compile the data as they did with the previous two surveys.” He said the survey is sent to 1,200 randomly selected residents. The survey is divided into 13 general topics with a series of questions related to each topic. Residents are asked to circle a number representing opinions ranging from excellent to poor about such things as ease of
bicycle travel in the city and the ease of accessibility to city parks. “According to the center’s timeline, the survey will be mailed to residents in May,” Flaherty said. “A second postcard will be sent a month later reminding residents to complete and return the survey. The center will provide the city the results of the survey by late July.” The margin of error is plus or minus 5 percent and the results include comparison of the results of the Englewood survey with the results from about 500 cities in 45 states that use the center’s resident survey. Flaherty said the response to the 2009 survey was 31 percent. The national survey response average is between 25 percent and 35 percent.
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Garland story is heartbreaker Bio-drama on stage at Arvada Center By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com It’s Christmas, 1968. As ACT I begins, an indignant Judy Garland is complaining loudly to her manager/fiance, Mickey Deans. The elegant suite at London’s fanciest hotel isn’t big enough — and she needs a drink! And she still fantasizes that her “people” will unpack for her. Lights are up on “End of the Rainbow” by Peter Quiller, a regional premiere at the Arvada Center. Judy Garland, who was performing in
vaudeville with her actor/parents as a toddler, was remembered for “The Wizard of Oz,” of course, but also, the Andy Hardy films with Mickey Rooney, “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Strike Up the Band,” “Babes of Broadway,” “For Me and My Gal” … She had five husbands and three children, and left a legacy of beloved songs. Garland (Tari Kelly), we soon learn, is short on money and Deans (Zachary Clark) is trying to keep her clear of the drink and drugs — part of her routine for years — so she can perform every night. She has a six-week contract at London’s Talk of the Town, which could make a dent in a 10-year accumulation of debt, Deans tells her. Ideally, it could be a comeback after some difficult years. Kelly has the Garland voice and sing-
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IF YOU GO “End of the Rainbow” by Peter Quilter plays through April 13 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Recommended for mature audiences, due to adult language and content dealing with drug use, alcoholism and sexuality. Tickets: 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org. ing style nailed and is convincing in her intense portrayal of a legendary star in tatters — a woman who is utterly unable/ unwilling to grasp her dire situation. Her addictions had started when she was a teenage actress, given amphetamines for energy and weight control. Subsequent managers/husbands kept her supplied with pills to charge her up — and others to help her sleep, with
ample amounts of booze also available. Kelly’s Judy is fragile, but can (usually) still belt out a song. Her pianist/accompanist, Anthony, is played by Jonas Cohen, who lends a sympathetic counterpoint to Deans’ controlling manner. Staging is especially effective as the back wall of the hotel suite fades and a bandstand comes into view. The stage becomes Talk of the Town, with a wide area for Garland’s performances, then fades back into a hotel suite almost magically. (Arvada’s scenic designer Brian Mallgrave is in top form.) Shannon McKinney’s lighting skills contribute strongly. Described as a bio-drama with music, “End of the Rainbow” offers a moving closure on a sad story — just don’t arrive expecting an upbeat musical production.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis. APRIL 5-6 DENVER BRASS presents “If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix It,” featuring music by the great Baroque composers such as Pachelbel Canon, Little Fugue and Royal Fireworks. Denver Brass bass trombone player Andrew Wolfe will solo. Concert is April 5-6 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood. Call 303-832-4676 or go to www.DenverBrass.org for information and tickets. APRIL 8 ESTATE PLANNING Pet trusts, outright bequests to caregivers and guardianship provisions will be discussed at Estate Planning for Pet Owners, a free seminar from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Dumb Friends Leauge, 2080 S. Quebec St., Denver. RSVP by April 3 by calling 720-241-7150 or emailing mgrimme@ddfl. org. ox lunches will be provided. APRIL 9, April 10 WRITING CONTEST Creative Communication is accepting submissions for its essay contest, with divisions for grades 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, through Feb. 18; and its poetry contest, with divisions for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, through April 10. Top 10 winners will be named in each division. Essays must be between 100 and 250 words on any non-fiction topic. Poetry must be 21 lines or less in English. Entries can made online at www.poeticpower.com or mail entries, labeled Poetry Contest or Essay Contest, to 159 N. Main, Smithfield UT 84335. Include author’s name, address, city, state and ZIP, current grade, school name, school address and teacher’s name. Home school students are welcome to enter. Selected entries of merit will be invited to be published in an anthology. An art contest for grades K-12 also is coming up. To enter, take a photo of your original artwork and enter it at www.celebratingart.com; deadline is April 9. Full contest information is available online, or call 435-713-4411. APRIL 24 B-CYCLE FUNDRAISER Arapahoe County B-Cycle plans its inaugural fundrais-
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TopGolf wants to tee off in Centennial Texas-based company could create hundreds of new local jobs By George Lurie
glurie@coloradocommunitymedia.com TopGolf, one of the country’s fastest-growing niche sports entertainment businesses, wants to open its first Colorado outlet in Centennial. The company, which was founded in England and has more than a dozen U.S. locations, is currently finalizing plans to bring its unique game to the Rockies. At existing locations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Illinois and Texas, the company employs as many as four hundred people locally, and company officials boast that a TopGolf outlet creates an estimated $245 million in economic output for its host city over a 10-year period. TopGolf’s proposal to build a new outlet in Centennial will go before the city council for a first reading on April 14.The Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to review the company’s site plan in mid-April and a public hearing before city council is set for May 5. The proposed development site, currently a vacant lot, is located on the northeast corner of Havana and Easter. “We’re still working through some of the technical stuff with the company right now,”
TopGolf offers an array of attractions for golf enthusiasts. Courtesy photo said Corri Spiegel, Centennial’s economic development manager. Spiegel characterized the lot as “pretty challenging. About a third of the site is basically undevelopable because of an existing drainage way,” she said. TopGolf officials are currently working with city planners to finalize details of a rezoning of the parcel to General Commercial. Adrienne Browne, senior communications manager for TopGolf, said if OK’d by city council the company’s Centennial location
will be modeled after facilities in Houston and Austin, Texas. “This will change the character of the area,” said Spiegel of TopGolf’s proposed new three-story building, which is expected to encompass around 60,000 to 65,000 square feet. “TopGolf will be developing a triangular segment of the lot,” Spiegel said. “Their plan has some pretty impressive design features. They try to fit into the character and existing architecture of the area.” “The new location the company just
29th Annual South Metro Denver Small Business Leadership Award Finalists Announced
For the past 29 years, the South Metro Denver Chamber has recognized small businesses for their outstanding entrepreneurial achievements. The emphasis of the recognition is on leadership consistent with our core values of collaboration, empowerment, transformation and celebration. In keeping with this tradition, the South Metro Denver Chamber and the South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC) are proud to announce the finalists for the this year’s Small Business Leadership Awards. The finalists for the 29th Annual South Metro Denver Small Business Leadership Awards are: Small Business of the Year A Cleaner Carpet Baceline Investments Clinic Service Weisbard Dental Frame de Art Greystone Technology Group Minor & Brown PC Pryor Johnson Carney Karr, Nixon PC Revenue River Marketing T.A. Pelsue Company Emerging Business of the Year Centennial Gun Club Denver Beer Co. HighBridge Creative RockPile Energy Services Brian R. Vogt Community Leader of the Year David Weaver, Sheriff, Douglas County Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, Adjutant General of Colorado Melanie Worley, CEO/Executive Director, Developmental Pathways Nathan Mendel, President, Mendel &
Company Construction Peter T. Moore, Senior Partner, Polsinelli PC Scott Murphy, Superintendent, Littleton Public Schools The SBLA Selection Committee will determine the winners based on analysis of the companies’ applications. Members of the 2014 SBLA committee include: Cleve Wortham (Chair), FirstBank; Howard Rough, Rockpile Energy; Wendy Nelson, Denver Scholarship Foundation; Brett Duvall, AMG National Trust Bank; Frederic de Loizaga, CBRE; Megan Masyga, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP; Brian Crady, Kaiser Permanente; Marcia McGilley, South Metro Denver SBDC. Nominees must meet stringent criteria and participate in a rigorous selection process. Selection criteria for the business awards include leadership and management ability; innovation; financial performance; prospects for sustained success; and community involvement. The Brian Vogt Community Leader of the Year selection criteria includes a resume review; personal goals and achievements; letters of recommendation; community, business, and South Metro Denver Chamber involvement. Winners will be announced at the 29th Annual South Metro Denver Small Business Leadership Awards Event on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, from 5:00pm – 7:00 pm at Comedy Works South in Greenwood Village. This event is open to the public. Pricing: $60/person or $100/couple for Chamber Investors; $75/person or $125/couple for non-Investors. For
more questions or to purchase tickets contact: Taren Shuck 303-795-0142 x235 or tshuck@bestchamber.com. The Presenting Sponsor of the 29th Annual South Metro Denver Small Business Leadership Awards is Kaiser Permanente. The Small Business Leadership Awards are also sponsored by the South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center corporate and community sponsors including the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Colorado SBDC Network, South Metro Denver Chamber, Douglas County, City of Centennial, City of Greenwood Village, Colorado Community Media, Arapahoe Community College, Colorado Business Bank, Bellco, Webolutions, and the Microsoft Store in Lone Tree. For more information, go to www.bestchamber.com.
opened this year in Scottsdale really looks like Arizona,” Spiegel added. The remaining portion of the development site, Spiegel added, is likely to be sold to smaller commercial users, with TopGolf serving as an “anchor” for the entire area. TopGolf stands for Target Oriented Practice Golf and is billed as a “new kind of golf experience that combines competition with entertainment.” While the company’s corporate headquarters are in Texas, where they have seven locations, TopGolf was actually invented by World Golf Systems, a British company based north of London. According to its promoters, World Golf Systems spent more than $20 million and seven years developing, testing and perfecting the technology, systems and facilities behind TopGolf. At their sprawling facilities, players, who are required to buy memberships, hit microchipped golf balls at targets on an outfield. The high-tech balls instantly score a shot’s accuracy and distance. Golf pros stroll the tee line offering tips. TopGolf has emerged as a global leader in entertainment, serving more than 2.2 million guests annually, according to its website. Each facility offers upscale, climate-controlled hitting bays and an impressive food and beverage menu crafted by an executive chef. “Mix in dynamic event spaces for groups of all sizes, and TopGolf stands as the premier entertainment complex where the competition of sport meets the neighborhood’s favorite hangout,” it states on its website.
Calendar of Events For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events and for more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.
Thursday, April 3rd: Healthcare Policy Taskforce WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial FastTracks New Investor Orientation WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial
Monday, April 7th: Chamber Ambassadors Meeting WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial
Tuesday, April 8th: Business Bible Study WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial Business After Hours hosted by First Citizens Bank 10005 Commons St., Lone Tree
Wednesday, April 9th: Colorado Center for the Blind Networking Event 2233 W. Sheppard Ave., Littleton Nonprofit & Business Partnership Advisory Board WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial
Thursday, April 10th: Littleton Business Coalition Advisory Board Location TBD Women in Leadership: Maximize Your Success and Thrive! WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial
Friday, April 11th: Economic Development Group Breakfast WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Ste 342, Centennial
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Pirates sports action resumes Return to competition after spring break includes Windjammer By Tom Munds
tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Englewood’s sport teams resumed practices March 31 after remaining idle over the school’s March 24-28 spring break. Lacrosse and baseball teams played games early in the week, with the Windjammer Invitational Track Meet and the Pirate Spring Classic Lacrosse Tournament scheduled to be held April 5. Competition shifts into high gear the next week. The baseball team travels to Kennedy April 7 while the soccer team is at Vista Peak and the tennis team is on the road at Arvada on April 8. On April 10, the swimmers travel to Adams City for a meet while the girls soccer team and the girls tennis team travel to Skyview. Jay Graves, Pirates track coach, said the Windjammer is a traditional spring track meet at Englewood. He said seven teams will join Englewood for the meet, the same as last year. Teams joining the Pirates at the Windjammer include Denver Christian, Alameda, Bear Creek, Lakewood, Ralston Valley and
Englewood lacrosse coach Matt Thomas talks to players during a recent game. Photo by Tom Munds Columbine. “Many schools have gone to meets with special timing systems in order to give athletes an opportunity to prequalify for the state meet,” Graves said. “This isn’t a prequalification meet but it is just an op-
portunity for athletes to compete and have fun.” The Pirate coach said his boys team is doing pretty well this season, anchored by individual performances. “Sean Bowering is scoring points for us in
the discus, shot put and triple jump plus he is running one of the relays for us,” Graves said. “Nick Bersagel also is doing a good job for us in sprint events.” Female athletes including Kadie Kavinsky, Elijah Dougherty and Julia Kline are playing soccer and also running track. Graves said the soccer players will be the heart of his girls relay teams again this season. New lacrosse coach Matt Thomas keeps his team busy. He has a five-team tournament scheduled April 4 and 5. Teams joining Englewood include Machebeuf, Pueblo West, Telluride and Glenwood Springs. The Pirates will be playing Telluride at 10 a.m. and playing Glenwood Springs at 3 p.m. on one of the fields in the Hosanna Sports Complex located north of the high school. The Englewood players then have time to eat and clean up before they go together as a team to watch the Colorado Mammoth professional lacrosse team. The Pirates lacrosse team came into spring break with a 1-1 record. So far this year, six Englewood players have contributed to the team total of 19 goals. Team leaders are Austin Trail with six goals and four assists while teammate Caleb Medina has six goals and two assists. Jacob Medina has three goals and an assist. Defensively, opponents have put 19 shots on goal against the Pirates and goalie Austin Dower has made seven saves and recorded a shutout in the game against Kennedy.
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Douglas County roller derby team features unique names, serious athletes
regarded as an entertainment vehicle with theatrical elements. Roller derby, with hopes of becoming a professional or Olympic sport, has started to regain its popularity, and there is a move to legitimize the sport. “A lot of our roller derby names are By Jim Benton pretty tame,” said Awesomesauce (Mandy jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Erwin). “There are some that have curse Part of the lore and culture of roller words or a play on words that are not apderby stems from the nicknames used by propriate for family TV. The people that really want this to become a professional the skaters. Teammates seldom use given names sport, an Olympic sport, want their own when addressing each other and instead names because they’ve worked hard to be call each other by their derby names, there. “But the roller derby name tradition is which are earned after learning the sport sort of neat too. So a lot of and passing basic skills people are on the fence. tests. 2014 scheduLe It is highly debated in the Douglas County has Feb. 22 - Ark Valley High Rollers 338, derby community. I reits own women’s flat track Castle Rock `n’ Rollers 68 spect the right for people roller derby team, the CasApril 19 - at Salt Creek Roller Girls, to use whatever names tle Rock `n’ Rollers, which Casper, Wyo. they want but they also has bouts scheduled this May 17 - vs. Grand Junction Roller have to respect the fact year at the Douglas CounGirls at Douglas County Events Center that not everybody is goty Events Center and the June 7 - vs. Happy Valley Derby Daring to want to hear their Parker Fieldhouse. lins at Douglas County Events Center names. Some of the best Some of the derby July 12 - vs. 10th Mountain Roller teams in the country names of the Rock `n’ RollDolls at Parker Fieldhouse didn’t wait for discusers include Awesomesauce, Sept. 13 - vs. Junction City Roller sion, they came out at Anesta TizHer, DebT ColDolls, TBA the nationals with their lector, Evie Rider, FranSept. 27 - at Slaughterhouse Derby own names.” Tik, Boozy McBruisy, Stolie Girls, Greeley, Co. Evie Rider (Eve CrenRoller, Skatie Golucky, LickOct. 12 - vs. Gunz `n’ Hoses at Dougshaw) and Fran-Tik ety Splat, Freudian Slipknot las County Events Center (Francey Garbett) are and Wicked Bliss. Nov. 15 - vs. Fall Down Mix Up 2014 the team captains for the No two derby names at Douglas County Events Center Castle Rock `n’ Rollers. in the world are the same “Names are earned but some might be similar. There is an international and girls work hard to registry of names. Skating officials, non- earn those names,” explained Evie Rider skating officials, announcers and even who makes her living as a gardener. “It’s derby volunteers participate in the roller sort of fun to have this alter ego away from derby name custom. my real life. Skaters often name themselves but “A lot of times people make the connecteammates, friends and families help to tion of who I am and find out what I do for invent a creative name. Some derby names a living and that I’m a captain for a roller can be somewhat controversial. derby team as well, so it’s OK that I’m not In the 1950s and 1960s the National using my real name. I feel like part of roller Roller Derby League was popular and derby is your derby name.” several networks would telecast bouts. Most of the team’s skaters live in Castle However the sport became tarnished and Rock, Parker, and Highlands Ranch with a
Castle Rock ‘n’ Rollers captains Fran-Tek (Francey Garbett) and Evie Rider (Eve Crenshaw) Photo by Jim Benton
few coming from Colorado Springs, Kiowa and Littleton. There is an assortment of day-time occupations for the skaters on the team that includes homemakers, a fitness instructor and others who work in counseling, school districts, police departments, debt collections and human resources. “We do have a good mix,” said Awesomesauce. “The media used to play the news angle of roller derby by night and CEO by day. But we feel like we’ve kind of got past that because we’re athletes. One thing we all have in common is the love for the sport.” The Castle Rock `n’ Rollers practice twice a week and have nine bouts on the schedule with a possible 10th, if a makeup date can be arranged. Skaters pay $40 monthly dues to help cover the cost for the practice facility plus standard equipment like a medical kit and tape to set up the track. Rental cost of the venues for bouts is covered by ticket sales. “It takes a serious commitment from
the women,” pointed out Awesomesauce. “It’s hard when this is your part-time hobby. It’s something that smaller teams like ours sometimes struggle with. We practice twice a week but some teams practice four or five times a week. “It’s a huge commitment when you have a day job that pays your bills. So far nobody is paid to do roller derby. All of us are volunteers, including the referees and officials. It is a year-round sport.” Roller derby is also a physical sport aside from the usual bumps and bruises received in practice and bouts. “It can be a rough sport,” said Awesomesauce. “It is a contact sport… The equipment has stepped up to be concussion proof. We take safety seriously. “We go by doctors’ orders. We have a training committee and a board of directors on our team and most teams do have set policies. We have a process for coming back. You have to have notes from your doctor that you have been cleared to skate.”
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CLUBS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN,
visit www.letip.com.
SERVICES
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.
HOMECOMING INC. offers caregivers of low-income seniors who are frail, disabled or unable to live alone without care in Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Denver counties respite care. Assistance includes personal care and homemaking. Call Pamela Dombrowski-Wilson or Trini Martinez at 303-526-2318 for an application and information.
Littleton-Englewood Branch invites baccalaureates to participate 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.
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.
DENVER INVESTOR CLUB meets the first Thursday each
KILOWATT EIGHTS is for people interested in square dancing.
month at 7:30 p.m. at the IHOP on Clinton Street in Englewood. Call Gail Segreto at 303-810-9015 or e-mail gailsegreto@starband. net. This is a nonprofit educational club.
ENGLEWOOD CHAPTER of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
(Jaycees) needs men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 to help re-establish the chapter. Jaycees work to help chapter members grow professionally and to help serve the community through hands-on projects. To become involved, call 303-914-0180 or visit www.coloradojaycees.org.
LETIP INTERNATIONAL,
local chapter, is a professional referral organization that meets at Maggiano’s at the Denver Tech Center, 7401 S. Clinton St., in Englewood. A Highlands Ranch chapter meets at LePeep’s, 7156 E. County Line Road. Call 303-789-7898 or
RECREATION
Dances are the first, third and fifth Friday each month at Malley Senior Center in Englewood. Call Ron at 303-759-4862.
MOUNTAINEERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB meets the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month at the Valley View Church of God, 4390 S. Lowell Blvd., Englewood, to square dance. Dances start at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and watch. This is a healthy activity for all. Call 303-798-4472. POETRY NIGHT honors the great Edgar Allan Poe by reading
poetry at The Attic Bookstore, 200 W. Hampden Ave., near Hampden and Bannock in Englewood. Take originals or an old favorite to read to others. Readings will be limited to five minutes. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m. All styles of poetry are welcome. Call 303-777-5352.
SOCIAL ARAPAHOE SERTOMA CLUB meets on Thursdays at the Engle-
wood Elks Club, 3690 S. Jason, Englewood. Contact Ken Kelley at 303-789-9393 or kenkelley@allstate.com.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. every second Saturday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Englewood. Call Michelle Brown at 303-979-7550. DAUGHTERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the U.S. who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, 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
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Restaurant, Englewood. Contact David Oppenheim at 303-8507888 or captdso@aol.com.
EMBROIDERERS GUILD OF AMERICA Colorado Chapter meets at Bethany Lutheran Church at Hampden Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Englewood the fourth Tuesday each month from 9:30 a.m. to noon, excluding December and July. Meetings include needlework projects, needle art education, lectures and workshops of all levels. Guests are invited. Call Marnie Ritter at 303-791-9334. THE ENGLEWOOD LIONS CLUB meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Grill at Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 West Oxford Avenue. Previously the Lions Club met every Wednesday at noon. The change in time is being made to better accommodate working men and women in the Englewood area who are interested in serving the community. Please join the Lions for breakfast and a weekly program and learn more about Lions Club International and the activities of the Englewood Lions Club. THE ROTARY CLUB of Englewood meets each Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. at the Wellshire Inn, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver. For information, contact Josh Staller at 303-721-6845, or visit rotaryclubofenglewood.org. FRIENDSHIPS ARE GOLDEN, a Precious Moments collectors club, meets the fourth Thursday each month at Castlewood Library in Englewood. Dinner provided by club members at 6 p.m., meeting from 7-9 p.m. Give back to the community by doing local charity work. Talk and share stories about Precious Moments. Call Leota Stoutenger, club president, at 303-791-9283.
Franktown
Lone Tree
Highlands Ranch
Parker
Trinity Lutheran Church & School
Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)
303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org Castle Rock First United
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher…You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.” (C.S. Lewis)
Beginning March 9th: “Jesus–The Son of God”
Sunday mornings at Immanuel Lutheran 9:30 a.m. Sundays Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO
www.ImmanuelLutheran–LoneTree.org
Littleton
Non-Denominational 9:00 am Sunday WorShip
Pastor Paul Flannery “It’s not about us... It’s about serving others... T hen God gets the Glory!”
2121 Dad Clark Drive 720.259.2390 www.HFCdenver.org
Where people are excited about God’s Word.
Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PM Bible Study: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836
www.parkerbiblechurch.org
Highlands Ranch
1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org
Services: Saturday 5:30pm
Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am
Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Open and Affirming Sunday
8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
1609 W. Littleton Blvd. (303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org
Sunday Worship
8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am Sanctuary 10:20 am St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am
www.st-andrew-umc.com Lone Tree
An Evangelical Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10:30 4825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. Castle Rock • canyonscc.org 303-663-5751 “Loving God - Making A Difference”
A place for you
Littleton
Lone Tree
Church of Christ Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Thursday Bible Study - 7:30pm Currently meeting at: Acres Green Elementary School 13524 Acres Green Drive 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com
Serving the southeast Denver area
303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510
Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve
Sunday Worship
8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org
First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Methodist Church
Parker
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey
www.gracecolorado.com
You are invited to worship with us:
Sundays at 10:00 am
Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy. (Across from Murdochs)
303-798-8485
9203 S. University Blvd. Highlands Ranch, 80126
SErviCES:
Saturday 5:30pm
United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop
Sunday 8:00 & 10:30am
Education Hour: Sunday 9:15am
10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808
Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org Parker
Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet
303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org
Highlands Church of God The Bahá’í Faith
“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”
Meeting Sun at 11am at Northridge Rec Center 8801 S. Broadway Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
Weekly children’s classes, devotions and study DouglasCountyAssembly@gmail.com 303.947.7540
Phone: 303-910-6017 email: bobandtreva@yahoo.com
Welcome Home!
Greenwood Village
Abiding Word Lutheran Church
Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life
8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch
worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co
303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us
(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)
Congregation Beth Shalom Serving the Southeast Denver area
Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org
303-794-6643
Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am
303-791-3315
pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org
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GALLERY OF GAMES
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GALLERY OF GAMES
LEO (Jul 23 to aug 22) a recently revitalized relationship might not be quite what the Big Cat expected. But give yourself more time to deal with the changes. a little flexibility can go a long way. Good luck. VIRGO (aug 23 to Sept 22) a major change could prompt more adjustments. Some of them might be difficult to deal with at first. But hang in there, and before you know it, you’ll be coasting to your next goal. LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Your sense of justice prompts you to speak out against an unfair situation, even if you seem to be the only one who feels that way. But you soon learn that many others agree with you. SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Creating a fuss is not usually your style. But that doesn’t mean you should tolerate an ill-mannered attitude. Speak up for yourself, and you’ll earn the respect of others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) You might have a few loose ends to tie up before you can stamp your project as complete. But once that’s done, you might want to celebrate with someone special in your life. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Disappointment darkens the Goat’s mood. But close friends rally to pull you through with words of encouragement. Use their confidence in you to rebuild your own self-esteem. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) an upcoming decision might be more difficult with inaccurate information. Best to recheck the data you have at hand right now to be sure it won’t mislead you later. PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) an offer you previously turned down might no longer be available. But if you do some checking around, you could find something else that would suit you just fine. BORN THIS WEEK: You believe in helping those who cannot help themselves. although it embarrasses you, the fact is, people like you and tell you so.
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Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Martha Dell Lewis, aka Martha D. Lewis, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30225
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 5, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.
Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frank Catanese, Deceased Case Number 2014PR30231 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before August 4, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred. Joseph Glischinski Personal Representative 7856 S. Pontiac Court Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No.: 4746 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 18, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Larry Warren Ayres, aka Larry W. Ayres, aka Larry Ayres, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30214 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 23, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Larry A. Ayres Personal Representative c/o Mark D. Masters, Esq. 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No: 4734 First Publication: March 21, 2014 Last Publication: April 4, 2014 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Martha Dell Lewis, aka Martha D. Lewis, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30225 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 5, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Jerome A. Lewis Personal Representative 1900 E. Girard Place, Unit 303 Englewood, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No: 4751 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 18, 2014 Publisher: Englewood Herald
Jerome A. Lewis Personal Representative 1900 E. Girard Place, Unit 303 Englewood, Colorado 80113
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Legal Notice No: 4751 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 18, 2014 Publisher: Englewood Herald
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD
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Government Legals Public Notice Dental patient record destruction notice: This is a notice that Dr. Steven J. Yamamoto will be destroying dental records for patients who have not visited his office for the years between 2004 through 2007. If you desire your records, please contact him prior to June 7, 2014 when these records will be destroyed. E-mail gpagolfer@aol.com Legal Notice No.: 4745 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 25, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF SHERIDAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 24th day of March, 2014, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on final reading the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 4-2014 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO, APPROVING A CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHERIDAN AND COMCAST OF COLORADO IX, LLC Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Sheridan, 4101 South Federal Blvd., Sheridan, Colorado. Legal Notice No.: 4747 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 4, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be held on April 22, 2014 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Englewood City Council Chambers, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110. Case #ZON2014-001: The issue to be heard before the Commission is a request to consider the proposed 3299 South Logan Street Residences Planned Unit Development (PUD) at 3299 and 3265 South Logan Street, Englewood, Colorado. The proposed PUD would allow for 2 dwelling units in the existing Shrine Club building with detached garages and 1 accessory dwelling unit, plus 2 new single family homes with detached garages and 2 accessory dwelling units, and maintenance of the existing home at 3265 South Logan Street. A copy of the proposed PUD may be reviewed in the Community Development Department. Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the Public Hearing at the previously cited location, date, and time. Case #2012-07: The issue to be heard before the Commission is a proposal to amend the Unified Development Code of the City of Englewood concerning application submittal and procedural requirements, and review criteria for review of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) A copy of the proposed PUD amendment language may be reviewed in the Community Development Department. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to attend the Public Hearing and address the Commission at that time.
By Order of the City Planning and Zoning Commission Julie Bailey Recording Secretary Legal Notice No.: 4752 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 4, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald
Government Legals Public Notice CITY OF SHERIDAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 24th day of March, 2014, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 5-2014 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO, REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY, REENACTING AND RETITLING ARTICLE X, CHAPTER 46, MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND PERSONAL USE GROW RESTRICTIONS, AS ARTICLE X, CHAPTER 46, MARIJUANA RESIDENTIAL CULTIVATION RESTRICTIONS Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Sheridan, 4101 South Federal Blvd., Sheridan, Colorado. Legal Notice No.: 4748 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 4, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF SHERIDAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 24th day of March, 2014, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 6-2014 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 56-112 OF THE SHERIDAN MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING HOME-BASED BUSINESSES Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Sheridan, 4101 South Federal Blvd., Sheridan, Colorado. Legal Notice No.: 4749 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 4, 2014 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by SOUTH ENGLEWOOD SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by SOUTH ENGLEWOOD SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2014, is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Angella J. Baner 4-year term until May, 2018 Wilfredo Guzman 4-year term until May, 2018 Original Signature on File at the Law Office of Donald E. Marturano Donald E. Marturano, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Donald E. Marturano Telephone Number of the District: (303) 797-6200 Address of the District: P.O. Box 2858, Centennial, Colorado 80161-2858 District Facsimile Number: (303) 797-6240 District Email: donmarturano@comcast.net Legal Notice No.: 4754 First publication: April 4, 2014 Last publication: April 4, 2014 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Clinton E. Lake, aka Clinton Lake, aka Clint Lake, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30233 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 5, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Steven E. Lake Personal Representative 403 Amanda Pines Drive Parker, Colorado 80138 Legal Notice No: 4750 First Publication: April 4, 2014 Last Publication: April 18, 2014 Publisher: Englewood Herald
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Veterinarian to star in WWW parade Dr. Charlie Vail named Grand Marshal in Year of the Horse By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com After the Western Welcome Week board decided to recognize the Chinese Year of the Horse by choosing the theme “Giddy Up!,” the directors chose the obvious person to be Grand Marshal: Dr. Charlie Vail, a partner in Littleton Equine Medical Center. “I was thrilled,” Vail said. “I know I’m supposed to be more modest than that. But immodestly, I am proud to be counted among the ranks of many of my friends who have held the title.” While Vail is pleased to be recognized for tending to horses, he admits cows, not horses, were his first love. “The cow is a very forgiving creature,” he said. “They’ve got a very thick skin. They’re not as fragile as horses.” Back when Vail was just a little mutton buster, his family lived on a ranch in Los Sauces, at the confluence of the Rio Grande and Conejos rivers near Alamosa. “My joy was being a ranch kid,” said Vail. It was there he first knew he wanted to care for the free-range cattle that roamed the fields, though he also had a love for science bred from a family filled with engineers. His grandfather, the original Charlie Vail, was a state highway engineer who worked with the 10th Mountain Division to design Vail Pass, after which the town of Vail is named. His uncle, Willis Winslow, was an electrical engineer with Public Service Company in Denver who discovered the Winslow Effect. It’s a phenomenon that changes some liquids into gels or solids when exposed to electricity, now used in things like brakes, shock absorbers and flexible electronics such as roll-up keyboards. After graduating from East High School
in Denver in 1954, Vail took his two passions with him off to veterinary school at Colorado State University. There he met Marvin Beeman, who grew up on what was then the Phipps Ranch, in the heart of what is known today as Highlands Ranch. Beeman’s father tended to the foxhounds that were kept for the Arapahoe Hunt Club. The Phipps Ranch, site of the Highlands Ranch Mansion, was south of what was then called Littleton Large Animal Clinic, founded in 1950 by Harry Johnson. Back then it was north of where it now lives in a different 1913 mansion at 8025 S. Santa Fe Drive. Beeman went to work there straight after college and took Vail with him; they’ve both been there ever since. “I was never able to find another job,” jokes Vail with a country gentleman’s charm that belies his sharp and scientific mind. Johnson, known for a keen business sense, located his clinic in close proximity to Centennial Racetrack, which stood until 1983 in the area of Federal Boulevard and Belleview Avenue. Along with a steady stream of patients for the clinic, it attracted the rich and famous as well as the hired help who accompanied them. “The racetrack was a great citizen of Littleton,” he said. “I would submit that there was rowdiness in the gin joints along Santa Fe by the racetrack, but no more rowdiness than in The Tavern on Main Street.” The partners eventually brought in Dr. Terry Swanson, and more recently doctors Kelly Tisher and Scott Toppin. They employ 70 people to provide care for animals ranging from Littleton Museum’s critters on up to famous racing horses like Jet Deck, the 1963 World Champion Quarter Running Horse. “When I came here, I took care of a lot of cows,” said Vail. “I don’t know how far you’d have to drive nowadays to see a cow, except for Littleton Museum.” Although the partners considered moving farther south after the racetrack closed, Vail now anticipates it will stay put for years to come. They provide mobile ser-
Dr. Charlie Vail visits with his patient Ace, who rides with professional trick rider Niki Flundra. Photo by Jennifer Smith vices when they can, and the rolling estate accommodates them perfectly, he said. Although it would seem natural, Vail won’t be riding a horse in the Aug. 16 Western Welcome Week Grand Parade. A broken pelvis a few years back nixed that plan, but that’s hardly the biggest challenge Vail has faced. As children, he and his sister both battled away polio with the help of their mother, a nurse. He went on to be a star swimmer in high school, and remains active. “No more horseback riding and no
more skiing, and frankly I don’t miss either of them,” he said. “I’m a lunatic trout fisherman.” Vail has been active in the community for years with pursuits such as Littleton Rotary, Arapahoe Community College Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Stroke Center. “I’m proud and happy to be a Littleton citizen and very committed to the community, he said. “I can’t imagine what I could have done in my life to be a happier man. And I can’t quit. I love it too much.”
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