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Anglican Fellowship Church flag raising BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
A long-awaited, new American flag for Resurrection Anglican Fellowship of Greenwood Village just happened to arrive shortly before Memorial Day 2020. Members of the congregation wanted to raise the flag as a tribute to those lost fighting for our freedom. They chose the Memorial Day weekend to do so. On hand to witness the raising of the American flag was 93-year-old Lynde Schialla, a World War II veteran and member of the Marine First Division who served in Okinawa, Japan. He had two brothers who fought and died in that war. Schialla came to Denver after World War II, where he met and married his wife Margaret, who passed away a few short months ago. They moved into a home in 1965 on land owned by George Wallace, developer of the Denver Tech Center. Margaret and Lynde Schialla subsequently moved to ten acres on Boston Street near the present site of the Resurrection Anglican Fellowship church. Lynde still lives on one acre of that property, having subdivided and sold off the other nine acres many years ago. Schialla’s career included
being a founding member of the Castlewood Water District and helping to build Cherry Creek High School and Cinderella City in Englewood, once the largest indoor shopping mall in the world. Katrin Mezger, who took the photo of the flag-raising at Resurrection Anglican Fellowship (see cover), was born and educated in Bavaria, Germany, along with her husband Christian. They came to the United States 20 years ago, moving to Colorado in 2011. The Mezgers became American citizens on May 21, 2019. They are the parents of four children, two of whom Lynde Schialla has lived in the area near the church for more than 50 still live at home. years and has seen it grow from a Also in the photo helping to raise the flag spot in the country to the area it is today. Courtesy photo are Charlie Matta and his wife Amal, who Whitehead are in the church have lived in Greenwood Vilmen’s group, who paid for the lage since 2019. He was raised new flag. Green and onsite in Greece and France. photographer Katrin Mezger Other church members are members of the church pictured are Lawrence Dechoir. The group gathered to penbusch, architect and undertake this solemn task planner for the property, who after the Zoom church service chose the location for the held on May 24. flag, Arthur Whitehead, and Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com Sue Green. Depenbusch and
GV’s Benedict’s Restaurant welcomes back the former mayor BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
On May 24 Governor Polis released the official rules for the reopening of dining inside restaurants starting on May 27. The Villager reached out to Bob Melton, owner of Benedict’s Restaurant at 8181 E. Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village and asked him what he thought of the guidelines and what he planned to do. Melton told us that he was ready to open up the dining area on the 27th and had already removed tables to create the required social distancing, but would require his wait staff to wash their hands between every table they serve, not just every 30 minutes as the rules require. He explained he would not have the same staff members who cleaned tables after diners ate be the ones who set clean dishes and silverware for the next party, to ensure no cross-contamination. Masks will be required of customers when they enter and leave the restaurant (not while they are eating, of course). Benedict’s will be open seven days a week for breakfast and lunch, just as it was before we ever heard of the coronavirus. All staff will wear masks at all times. We asked Melton if he planned to set up tables in his parking lot, as the guidelines and recently passed rules in Greenwood Village would permit. He said he might have considered it if his
Former Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky, Joey Kleeman, and Margaret Rakowsky finishing lunch at Benedict’s Restaurant in GV on May 28.
General Manager Alex Alcala in front on Benedict’s Restaurant on their second day open for dining in.
parking lot was flat, but since it’s sloped, it’s not possible. On May 28, Benedict’s welcomed one of its longtime well-known customers for lunch, former Greenwood Village mayor Ron Rakowsky. He was accompanied by his wife Margaret and Joey Kleeman, a recent graduate of the University of Colorado with a degree
in finance and the youngest of the five boys of former GV City Council Member Gary Kleeman and his wife Katie. We asked Mayor Rakowsky if he enjoyed his lunch out. He said, “The food was great, just as it always is, and being here was a welcome and very pleasant return to normalcy.” Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
