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Englewood 5.2.13
Englewood
May 3, 2013
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Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 93, Issue 11
Fire chief search gets underway City hopes to make appointment by July By Tom Munds
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Karen Kulp, left, talks with artist Patrick Gerace about his baseball-card-like drawing he did in chalk on plywood. His work is among the 40 items on display at Cuttn’ It Loose Salon in the Englewood Civic Center. Photo by Tom Munds
Baseball art show a real hit Walls at Cuttn’ it Loose display portraits, paintings By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Large portraits of famous players, paintings of sports action and other baseballthemed works grace the walls of Cuttn’ It Loose Salon during the “Boys of Summer” art show. There isn’t much to see looking through the salon’s windows but, going through the door, there is art about baseball just about everywhere. There is a statue of a baseball player just inside the door, a Cracker Jack vendor nearby, and the walls are graced by about 40 works by 11 local artists.
Artists with works on display include Thomas Harding, Clyde Steadman, Michael Rieger, Robert Platz, Ian McKown, Eric Matelski, Greg Marquez, Kelli Jimerson, Patrick Gerace, Dan Erickson and Kyle Banister. Works are varied and include an impressionist piece by a tattoo artist, a painting of a father and son meeting Red Sox star Ted Williams and a painting of a young catcher behind the plate. “We have a lot of wall space and artist Kyle Banister suggested we put up some art, so we held our first art show a couple months ago. People seemed to like it so now our plans are to have a new show every two months,” said Rosemarie Cabral, salon coowner. “This show is about baseball and the artworks will be up through the end of June. Then we plan to open the next show in early
July that will focus on the Dog Days of Summer.” Several of the most dominant pieces are the large portraits of famous players created in chalk by Patrick Gerace. “Venturing into this medium to do works on these subjects is a first for me,” the artist said. “I am a commercial artist. That work demands focus to detail and it could take 100 hours of work to complete a piece. I saw friends like Kyle Banister doing chalk art. I marveled at how quickly they completed a piece so I decided to try it.” He said he never saw a professional baseball game at any level until about five years ago, when he joined friends at a Rockies game. Baseball continues on Page 7
Englewood Rotary names its heroes Annual program honors teachers, police, firefighters By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com In a luncheon ceremony April 25, Englewood Rotary Club revealed the names of this year’s additions to the organization’s circle of heroes. Each year, the Englewood Rotary accepts nominations and selects that year’s award winners, and adds their names to the plaque listing all the individuals selected for the organization’s circle of heroes. “Today, we are honoring a teacher, two police officers and a firefighter as our club’s 2013 heroes of the year,” Dawn Shepherd, club president, said in her opening remarks. “However, while we don’t have plaques for Members of Englewood’s emergency services, school district and clubs attend an April 25 Rotary luncheon where the them, we want to honor every police officer, service group named its heroes for 2013. Photo by Tom Munds firefighter and teacher. We feel every police officer and firefighter are heroes for helping POSTAL ADDRESS keep us safe in this changing world, and every teacher is a hero for all they do to help Printed on recycled our children prepare for the future.” newsprint. Please This year, the club honored Englewood recycle this copy. detectives Ed Disner and Jan Ball. Englewood Police Cmdr. Sam Watson’s nomination detailed how the two detectives organized and coordinated efforts of Rotary continues on Page 7
Englewood is launching a search for a new fire chief. The search will fill the vacancy created by retirement of former chief Mike Pattarozzi earlier this year. Deputy Chief Dick Petau was appointed interim chief at that time. “Interim chief Petau is doing an excellent job, but I think it is important to begin the search necessary to hire an individual to head our fire department long-term,” City Manager Gary Sears told the city council at its April 22 study session. “We are hiring a consultant to help with the search, and I am urging Petau and the fire department staff to apply for the position.” The fire chief will direct the operation of the Englewood Fire Department, which has three fire stations that are staffed around the clock. The department has 58 employees and a budget of about $8 million to provide fire service within the city limits of Englewood as well as to answer calls from surrounding agencies for automatic aid. The city manager said he feels the fire department needs a leader to deal with current fire service merger discussions and other issues, such as the future of the fire training academy. “The fire department should have a leader who can deal with the challenges and guide the Englewood Fire Department into the future,” Sears said. Sears said April 24 that the human relations department will be working with consultants from KRW, the firm hired to assist Englewood in the successful search for a new police chief. The city manager said staff and city council are developing basic requirements for the individuals applying for the position that will include at least eight years in Chief continues on Page 7
Pot issues heating up Legalization could come back to ballot By Vic Vela
vvela@ourcoloradonews.com A late legislative session effort that could put Amendment 64 back on the ballot led to a finger-pointing exercise in political theater late last week — a wild turn of events in marijuana regulation activity that capped an eventful period of pot-related action at the CapiReport tol. News of an Amendment 64 repeal effort generated buzz, just two days after the first piece of legislation that seeks to set up a regulatory model for the new recreational pot industry passed a legisla-
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