10 Centennial Citizen
August 4, 2022
Community members gather for the City of Centennial’s District 4 summer social on July 26 at Indian Ridge Elementary School.
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games, live music, food trucks, local vendors and conversation with city council members and city officials, such as Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown. The event was the last of the four summer socials the City of Centennial hosted, one for each district, as a way to bring community members together. District 4 council members Don Sheehan and Marlo Alston welcomed attendees to the event, inviting them to enjoy the range of attractions and to also visit the city’s housing booth, which was collecting community input as part of the city’s ongoing housing study. “Stop by and say hello to everybody here, if you would. Say hello to some of the folks that are here from Arapahoe Park and Rec; stop over at the city booth and say hello to those people,” Sheehan said. “Thank you for coming — ap22nd Annual preciate it.” Along the line of booths of local vendors was an art station set up by Krista Krol, a fine artist
Kona Ice was one of the food trucks at the District 4 summer social at Indian Ridge Elementary School..
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who operates the business KKrol Art, which is a participant in the ‘Spark Centennial’ program that aims to help boost local businesses. Children gathered at a table with Krol to create items, such as necklaces, out of a variety of miscellaneous materials that Krol provided. She said she wanted to create a space for parents and kids to spend time together and create new things. “The idea is that…it’s not hard to entertain and make things, and we can make some cool stuff together,” Krol said. “Things that are simple and easy for anybody, at any age, to do. And just trying to keep using materials instead of throwing them away.” One of the most popular attractions at the summer social was the face painting and balloon twisting booth, often having a line of children eagerly waiting for their turn, such as 7-year-old Cienna Cunningham, who lives nearby the school. While heading home from a taekwondo class, Cunningham, who attends Indian Ridge Elementary School, asked her grandmother, SEE SOCIAL, P11
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