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December 28, 2012
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‘Biggest Winner Challenge’ launched Residents can sign up to get fit, lose weight By Tom Munds
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Englewood Police Officer Andrea Friday looks on as children, left to right, Kara, Violet and Margaret, select gifts as part of the Shop with a Cop program. Photo by Tom Munds
Officers help families with holiday shopping Englewood Walmart sponsors annual event By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com More than a dozen uniformed Englewood police officers volunteered to be at Walmart Dec. 19 to take part in the annual Shop with a Cop program. “We have 14 families going shopping with our officers, and that means shopping for parents and 40 children,” said Toni Arnoldy, police community relations coordinator. “We are able to help more families this year because the Walmart sponsorship was larger.” She said the ability to help more families have a better Christmas is needed because it seems there are more families in
need, and this year, all Shop with a Cop families were nominate by Englewood officers. “We are glad we can be part of this program,” said Denise Allison, Englewood Walmart store manager. “Our company looks for opportunities to give back to the community we serve. Helping families in need is special, and my reward is seeing the smiles on the face of a child getting a gift he or she really wanted.” She said helping families with children is special because she has a 5-year-old daughter, and it reminds her how lucky she is and stresses the real meaning of Christmas. The officers and families gathered, met
Santa and then headed out to do some shopping. Each member of the sponsored families had $50 to spend. An Englewood police officer went along to help them shop for gifts for themselves or for family members. This was the first year Englewood Police Officer Tom Rowley’s duty schedule made it possible for him to be part of the program. “This is such a great program and I am so glad I can be part of it,” he said. “It is even more special because I know the family I am shopping with. These are nice people who are just struggling a bit. I hope the gifts they get today makes it a nicer Christmas for them.” He and his wife went along with John Shop continues on Page 5
The Englewood Recreation Center is offering a program designed to help residents keep their New Year’s resolutions to get fit and lose weight. “We have had a fitness challenge for the last few years, but this one is different,” said Rowan Velasquez, program administrator. “This program is called the Biggest Winner Challenge. “Its focus is providing support, guidance and information to help those who sign up improve physical fitness and lose weight,” she said. Velasquez said that while previous challenges addressed fitness, the programs didn’t specifically address obesity. The new program is designed to provide motivation and encouragement for participants. Signing up for the program provides free visits to the recreation center and free visits to fitness and wellness classes. People taking part are eligible to win prizes during the six-month program. “This year’s program is a six-month weight-loss challenge that provides motivation and tools to help people make lasting life tyle changes aimed at improved fitness and helping participants shed some pounds,” Velazquez said. “The challenge is really three challenges in one because there are three categories, teens, adults and seniors. At the end of the six months, one person in each age group will win prizes and the title of the biggest winner based on the greatest percentage of weight lost.” A challenge kickoff party will be held from 8 a.m. until noon Jan. 5 at the EngleChallenge continues on Page 5
Remembering a year of tragedy and triumph The past year was some kind of ride — an emotional roller coaster, if you will. The year brought the nation a presidential election and the barrage of campaign ads preceding it. It brought us a Summer Olympics and a contingent of American champions. In Colorado, 2012 brought us a slew of wildfires that cost some people everything and filled the skies with smoke as far as you could see. The year brought us the Aurora theater massacre. South Metro Denver residents shared in all of this in one way or another. But here, we also saw signs of a potentially booming economy as more and more developers and employers moved in. We saw a school
district entangled in controversy. And we saw tragedies that hit on a smaller scale, but were equally heartbreaking to area communities. What follows is a compilation of the South Metro area’s top 10 stories of the year as chosen by the newsroom staff of Colorado Community Media. These are the stories we believe had the greatest impact on our readers in 2012. They are presented in no particular order. We’ll let you, the reader, be the judge of the single biggest story of the year. 2012 continues on Page 15
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In July, Mairya Savchuk lays 12 long-stem roses at the base of memorial markers across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora. On July 20, 12 people were killed and 58 were injured during one of the worst mass shootings in United States history when James Eagan Holmes, 24, allegedly opened fire during a midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises.” File photo
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Santa Shop brings warmth to winter For three years, Heather Jacobs bundled up on a chilly December morning outside a nondescript Littleton warehouse for the chance to bring Christmas to her daughter. She didn’t have money to buy presents. But inside the Arapahoe Santa Shop, that didn’t matter. There, she could wander delightedly among tables laden — like a wondrous feast — with puzzles, games and dolls. She could choose gifts her daughter would love most, then head home with a sack filled with toys, wrapping paper and bows. “I didn’t just get a toy,” she said. “I got a whole Christmas.” This year, with her daughter too old for the program, Jacobs, 37, returned the helping hand. She cleaned, organized and worked at the warehouse, from morning till night, for more than a week before the Dec. 14 and 15 toy distribution days. “I have to give back for the past,” Jacobs said. “I can’t pay it back in cash. … The only thing I really have is time.” And that, perhaps, is the biggest gift of all. Inside the chalky warehouse walls swirls a vivid and tangible sense of giving. Like so many elves, volunteers — many longtime returnees in their 70s wearing Santa hats and sweaters in red and green — bestow quick smiles amid the bustle. They kindle a spirit of compassion and selflessness we all hope to impart, but which often is swallowed by the season’s busyness and commercial excess. “They are all a great group,” Jacobs said. “They’re really kind, they don’t judge, and they genuinely want be here for the kids.” They have created, as Jacobs noted, a community that for 54 years has consis-
tently dispensed help, wrapped in generous bows of respect and hope, to a population that is often accorded neither. This year, the Arapahoe Santa Shop served 2,700 children from mostly Littleton, but also Englewood and Sheridan, all referred by schools and social service agencies. Throughout the Denver metro area, many other organizations do the same for families in need. But this particular program, using a system that allocates 100 points per child, uniquely allows families to choose the toys they want until the points are used up. “It gives them a little dignity,” longtime volunteer Phil Gomez said. It gives those who make it happen — a toy store of dreams come true — purpose. “We hope this will be a special part of your Christmas experience,” co-director Shirley Nixon said to volunteers a few minutes before opening the doors. Her voice catches. “It certainly is of mine.” Nixon, a petite, sprightly woman of 76, has worked with the Santa shop for a decade. The time and dedication of the 400 volunteers — from the women who tenderly sew new doll clothes to the men who diligently repair bikes all year to the older man who carefully builds the wooden
cradles — overwhelms her. “It is a job well done by a wonderful group of people who have the same feeling of wanting to serve the community,” she said. “They saw that these people are in need — and more and more are in need — so here we are filling that void.” The doors open and the 80 or so men and women already lined up file into rows of hard-backed seats to wait their turn to check in. They are couples and single mothers, grandparents and teen moms. They are Latino and Asian and black and white. They are tired, expectant, humble. They are the faces of everyone. The gratitude is palpable — in the quick smiles, the fervent thank-yous, the blessings given as they grab a box and begin to piece together a special memory. David McGowan, 24, is here with his sister, Crystal Kelley, 22, who just left the hospital after a two-week stay. He wants to make sure Kelley, who says she suffers from multiple sclerosis and is a bit unsteady on her feet, doesn’t stumble as she shops for her 3-year-old son. Gifts “would be a struggle, especially with hospital bills,” McGowan said. “And he’s a good kid. He deserves presents.” Kelley places a Bob the Builder DVD in the box her brother carries. “This is the heart of Colorado,” he said, putting his arm around his sister. “It’s a beautiful thing.” At the corner table covered with toys for boys 11 and 12 years old, Theresa O’Connor, 49, checks out a camera. Her 62-year-old husband, unable to work because of illness, sits nearby, an oxygen tank beside him. They have custody of six grandchildren ages 3 to 12, whose mother, O’Connor said, left them almost two
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years ago. “This is more important than I can tell you.” Her long hair is pulled loosely back into a ponytail. Her eyes betray a weary sadness. “This will help my grandchildren to have Christmas, at least from their grandparents, because I don’t have the money to buy them presents.” As she walks toward another table, tremulous words float back: “I love them with all my heart.” Nick Olson’s eyes light up as he spots a wooden push-toy. “This is nice.” He smiles and shows it to his girlfriend, Tori Murr. Their son, Jordan, 4 months old, snuggles under a green blanket in a car seat. Olson, 29, also has a 7-year-old son. Their only income at the moment is the Social Security disability that Murr, 25, receives. “This is very special for us to be able to come here and do this,” Olson said. “We at least have the chance to put some presents under the tree …” A xylophone. An Operation board game. A play mat. The wooden push-toy. It will be a good Christmas. And, hopefully, a good new year. “I’m really optimistic,” Olson said. “I figure good people … good things come their way. I figure we’ll be all right.” We’ll all be all right if we continue to take care of each other. That would be the best gift of all. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303566-4110.
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The Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce office closed for the holiday season on Dec. 21 and will remain closed through Jan. 6. The office will resume normal hours of operation on Jan. 7.
Hats off to mentors.
City offices closed for New Year
Teaching art can help boost a student’s sense of self-worth, says columnist Craig Marshall Smith. Page 4
All city offices, shops and the library are closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. However, on Dec. 31, the Malley Senior Recreation center will be open from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and The Englewood Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. The Broken Tee Englewood Golf Course will be open, weather permitting.
High-powered holidays. Englewood Mayor Randy Penn and his wife, Debbie, have accumulated quite a light display over the years. Page 6 Safeguarding children. Patrick Frost, a former Navy corpsman, stepped up to guard Bishop Elementary School after the tragedy in Connecticut. Page 3
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Western scholar. Arapahoe Community College professor Jeff Broome, a history writer, was honored for his work recently in Kansas.
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Get the party started. There’s no shortage of things to do around the area on New Year’s Eve. Page 12
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Happy new year. Jim Potter, coach of the Englewood High School wrestling team, sees good things heading into 2013. Page 14
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Former Navy medic Patrick Frost stands at parade rest in front of Bishop Elementary School. He volunteered to walk patrol at the school on Dec. 21. Courtesy photo
Parent walks guard post at Bishop Former Navy corpsman volunteers to protect school By Tom Munds tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Patrick Frost put on fatigues and volunteered to patrol the walks around Bishop Elementary School. “I saw a Marine volunteering to walk guard around a school on the news and I thought it was a good idea,” the former Navy corpsman said. “The parents bringing their children to school seem to like the fact I am here.”
Frost isn’t the only volunteer guard at school, in light of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. A local news story highlighted the fact a former Marine did volunteer duty at the Imagine Charter School in Firestone on Dec. 20. There also have been online news reports about a former Marine performing guard duty at a school in Nashville and an active-duty Marine at a school in Modesto, Calif. “I don’t mind doing this,” Frost said. “It makes me feel good that I am helping to make the school my children attend safer after what happened at Sandy Hook.”
Another teen suspected in Littleton homicide
On Oct. 19, officers responded to the 5400 block of South Fox Street about 11 p.m. on reports of shots fired. They arrived quickly to find the two males shot and lying in the street. Flores, a new father, died at the scene. The altercation began at a house party on Fox Street, in the block tucked between Cherrelyn Manor nursing home and Living Word Tabernacle church. Neighbor kids say those involved were gang-bangers with a “previous beef,” and a Facebook search indicates they could be right. Now removed, Flores’ page showed him with a blue bandanna covering the lower half of his face. Rankin’s page references “CMG,” which is short for Crenshaw Mafia Gangsters, affiliated with the Bloods. Kelly says CMG first took hold in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood about 27 years ago. Littleton’s northeast neighborhood is no stranger to trouble. A year before, Evaristo Galindo, then 17, told Littleton police officers he was alone in Progress Park when he got shot on Oct. 21, 2011. Doctors said there were birdshot pellets lodged in his shinbone and jawbone, according to the police report.
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Littleton police have arrested a second suspect in the shooting that killed 18-year-old Da Von Flores and wounded a 17-year-old. Robert Alexander Placa, 18, of Centennial was taken into custody on Dec. 20. He’s charged with first-degree murder, attempted firstdegree murder, possession of a weapon by a previous offender and possession of a defaced firearm. He is being held without bond at the ArapPlaca ahoe County jail. He joins Dion Rankin, 20, of Englewood, who was arrested Oct. 24 and is facing charges of first-degree murder. He’s scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 3.
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Stay on track during the holiday season Everyone is a little revved up during the holidays. Drivers can be noticeably edgy and impatient as they motor around to holiday-season gatherings. But no matter the occasion, the need to be grounded is important. Many of us find ourselves staying up later and possibly having one or two more alcoholic drinks than usual at gatherings. It can all seem so innocent and fun, but an extra drink here and there can result in tragedy. It’s one of those times of the year. Be aware of your behavior, and be ready to help others. Be careful and make the work of law enforcement easier. The Colorado Department of Transpor-
OUR VIEW tation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies will be conducting “The Heat Is On” DUI crackdowns during the holidays in order to prevent accidents. The group conducts 12 enforcement periods throughout the year. It reports the average cost of a DUI in Colorado is $10,270, and shares the sobering facts that there were 18 alcohol-related crashes in Colorado during the 2011 holiday season. Visit HeatIsOnColorado.com for an array of statistics of DUIs county by county.
And a new twist to the festivities this year involves the passage of Amendment 64, which means it is no longer illegal for people 21 and older to use marijuana in Colorado. We advise users to make themselves fully aware of the limitations of this change in law. For starters, colleges have made it clear that the substance is not allowed on campuses. Further, the amendment does not allow smoking in public places or places that can endanger others. Remember while driving, the state standard for marijuana use and other drugs, including prescriptions, is “impaired to the slightest degree” for a DUID (driving under the influence of drugs) violation.
We can only hope those over 21 who choose to smoke are mindful of the impact on others and that they stay safe and help others stay safe. So much needs to be ironed out — in law and in common-sense courtesy — in our great state, which has made itself a test case for recreational marijuana. So while we say happy holidays many ways on our pages, we also pause and urge our readers to play it safe. Part of the beauty of the holidays is truly in suspending our cares for a while and being grateful for each other, but before many activities commence there should be discussions about designated drivers and expectations. Prepare in advance.
New footprints in the snow Here’s to you, art teachers As I was walking my dogs the other day in the early morning hours, a couple of things caught my attention. You see, it had snowed the night before, but now the morning sky was bright and the sunrise was truly magnificent. So although the sunrise was the first event that captured my attention and got my day off to a great start, it was really the next thing that happened that morning that I would like to share with you. It was early in the morning, fresh snow the night before, and so as I walked with the puppies, we found ourselves making new footprints and paw prints with each step and stride. Okay, so maybe that part is normal and happens to all of us who are fortunate enough to see and experience the wonder of freshly fallen snow against a brilliant blue sky and sparkling sunrise. But that morning it was also fairly windy, and as we made the loop to return to the house, our footprints and paw prints were gone, as if we had never been on the path at all. You may have experienced the same thing walking along a beach at some time in your life, making footprints in the sand, and turning around to see that the tide lapping against the shore had erased the physical memory of your toes. What struck me at that moment was this … as we approach the New Year, we will all be able to create new footprints each and every day. We have gone on many journeys this year and we have been down a lot of roads. We have left our impressions in the ground everywhere we have gone and in the memories and hearts of all we have had the opportunity to meet. Some of those imprints and memories will last forever, while others will fade over time,
unless … unless we understand that we have the enormous privilege of making new footprints, paw prints, imprints and memories every minute of every day. Sure, maybe the wind or tide will come and cover our marks again with fresh snow or sand, but that only gives us a chance to have a greater impact on our own lives as well as the lives of others. So let’s remember with pride and joy all of the positive footprints we have made on this world, and at the same time we can even let the wind and tide wash away those imprints we would like to forget. Because from this day forward, from this minute forward, all of the snow is pure, the sand is smooth, and both are just waiting for us to leave our fresh new mark upon our families, the community, and the world. I would love to hear all about the footprints you have left on your journey that have been covered over and the new ones you plan on making at gotonorton@gmail. com. New footprints can lead to a better than good week for us all, will you join me? Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Valor subjected to unfair criticism
The letter by Doug Bernero concerning private vs. public school football programs must be rebutted. First, in full disclosure, while I am not a Valor parent, I am a parent whose children did attend Mullen High School. From that perspective, let me critique one by one, Mr. Bernero’s assertions. Yes Valor and Mullen and all other private schools recruit. In fact they recruit EVERY student, athlete and non-athlete. You see they do that because they HAVE TO in order to survive. The one advantage that often gets overlooked is that the public school funding is guaranteed through compulsory taxation on all. The private schools have to offer a value in and out of the classroom that is better than the public schools in order attract customers. The solution of having the private schools compete in their own league is not only naive but impractical due to the actual low number of private schools in the metro Denver area. Texas may have figured it out only because they are a bigger-population state that has more private schools in order to form their own leagues. All
schools, public and private, are under the same CHSAA rules and thus by definition are playing on an “even field” from that perspective. Mr. Bernero’s assertion implies all public schools facilities vs. private schools are unequal. Yet if you look closer at the public schools, there is inequity within that group. Care to take a look at Legacy Stadium next to Cherokee Trail? Really nice facility. Cherry Creek, a public school power in dozens of sports, seems to have very good facilities and in many ways superior to some private schools’ facilities. And finally, there is the assertion of financial aid somehow being another unfair advantage. I can only speak from my experience and observations at one private school, but as far as I can see, financial aid was always distributed based on need to ALL students, athlete and non-athlete. It’s very easy to make the assertion that financial aid only goes to the athletes and that is why they win, but it’s something completely else to be able to prove it. Greg Nierling Centennial
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Recently a friend told me that she was finally feeling comfortable in her own skin. I thought this was somewhat disturbing. The implication could be that she has, until now, been feeling comfortable in someone else’s skin. Yikes. The truth is, I hear the expression all the time and more than I would like to, generally when something involves Dr. Drew. It has become the handy in-therapy or post-rehab anthem of someone who may have had some problems with existence, co-existence, and self-confidence. You hear it a lot at AA meetings, where it could have yet another connotation. If you know what delirium tremens are, the DTs, you know that someone who has them certainly is NOT comfortable in their own skin, because their own skin feels like a whole lot of creepy crawlies. The DTs are “an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol.” The capability of co-existence in this wacky world with a sense of selfconfidence has become increasingly important, because if you slip through the cracks you might become one of those individuals we read about identified, generally by neighbors, as a “bright, troubled young man.” As a college teacher for over 30 years, in studio art where there is no place to hide like there is in lecture-only classes, misfit students could be picked out on day one. By the time a student had made it to advanced drawing, they were very comfortable in their own skin, almost to the point of arrogance. But in basic drawing it’s much different. Unless the student had been a high school art star, some were, the room on day one smelled of anxiety and apprehension. And like I said, there was no place to hide. I’d give a drawing assignment, they would work on it in and out of class, with periodic spot checks, and then, eight
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times each term, the drawings would go up on the wall — like rectangles of their skin — and be scrutinized and evaluated. It was sort of like being on “Chopped,” the television show that features four chefs who are given a mystery basket of ingredients and expected to create something from them within a specified time period. Imagine an 18-year-old kid who just arrived from Highlands Ranch High School or ThunderRidge High School in a room full of strangers, and under my peculiar microscope, thumbtacking a self-portrait to the wall. Half the time the beginners didn’t make it past Basic Drawing I and II. The other half would “feel comfortable,” gain confidence, and move along. And a beauty in teaching is that we can make that possible, or at least more possible. I have done workshops with a number of Douglas County high school art teachers and I always was impressed by their dedication, intensity, and mastery of media and techniques. I was also aware that they were contributing, perhaps unknowingly, to that “skin” I have written about, that is so critical to an artist. If you are a high school art teacher out here I’m certain that you have given many of your students a sense of self-worth. That’s everything. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net
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Wilson and his granddaughter Ashley. Rowley said being able to be part of the program is the true meaning of Christmas and makes Christmas more special for him and his family. John Wilson said the Shop with a Cop program was a big help to him and his granddaughter. “I have raised Ashley almost from the day she was born with little or no help from her parents,” he said with an emotional tremor in his voice. “My only income is my Social Security check so there isn’t a lot left over. These gifts will make it a nicer holiday for both of us.” A short distance away, Danett Cvevbas said the program was huge for her family. “It has been a tough year for us,” she said. “Just about all the money goes to pay bills, so there isn’t a lot left over for gifts. My daughters and I really appreciate being part of this
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Children crowd around to get a hug from Santa on Dec. 19 as they prepared to take part in the Englewood WalMart-sponsored Shop with a Cop program. The program allowed 14 families to go shopping for Christmas gifts. Photo by Tom Munds program. It is special for us and we want to thank everyone who helped up this year.” Each family brought a shopping cart to the checkout stand. Arnoldy
stood by and, if the cost of the merchandise was a little more than the limit, she was quick to use an extra gift card to cover the shortage, even though several police officers offered
to cover the distance out of their own pocket. “We just want them to have the gifts they chose and send them off with wishes for a very Merry Christmas,” she said.
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wood Recreation Center, 1155 W. Oxford Ave. There will be health exhibitors offering free screenings and information. There will also be the opportunity for a free trial of fitness classes. The party is also the opportunity to sign up for the Biggest Winner Challenge free of charge and to weigh in for the program. A second weigh-in will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 7 at the Malley Senior Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St. Velazquez said a lot of people have asked questions since the program was announced and a few have already signed up. “We don’t have a target for the program,” she said. “We hope there will be 50 or more who will stay with for the entire six months.”
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South Metro Denver SBDC Announces Graduates and Winners of Fall 2012 Colorado Leading Edge: NxLeveL™ for Entrepreneurs Business Plan Course by Natalie Harden, South Metro Denver SBDC The South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC) graduated its most recent Colorado Leading Edge: NxLeveL™ for Entrepreneurs participants on December 12th. The graduation ceremony was held at the South Metro Denver Chamber, where participants have been spending one evening a week for the past ten weeks gaining instruction on how to write a comprehensive business plan. In attendance were John Brackney, President/ CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce and Marcia McGilley, Executive Director of the South Metro Denver SBDC. Darrell Schulte, President of the Colorado Business Bank Littleton Branch, was unable to attend. Colorado Business Bank is the Corporate Sponsor of the Colorado Leading Edge Program. Seven participants completed the course and were awarded with certificates recognizing their accomplishment. At the end of the course, participants were invited to submit their business plans into a class competition, and two winners were chosen and announced at the graduation ceremony. Alex Sward and Matt Hughes of Goldspot Brewing Company, LLC won first place and Stacey Craig of Compassionate Life Solutions won second place. Other participants were: Sandra Arellano of Colorado Community Media; Stacy Koczara of Sierra Ridge Networks; and John Baker of John Baker Sales, LLC.
“The seven participants spent a great deal of time and energy in researching, writing and creating their business plans. We applaud their accomplishment. Our instructors Stefanie Dalgar of Dalgar Communications, LLC, and Anthony Masucci, South Metro Denver SBDC Senior Business Consultant, guided the participants through the coursework with ease and expertise allowing existing and startup entrepreneurs to contribute to the growth of our South Metro economy,” said Marcia McGilley, Executive Director of the South Metro Denver Small Business Development Center. The South Metro Denver SBDC offers assistance and support to entrepreneurs in Arapahoe, Douglas, and south Jefferson counties, working with small business owners at all stages of business, whether they have an idea and are considering starting a business, have just started their business, or have been operating for an extended period of time. The center provides a number of services and resources to help entrepreneurs start and run their company, including free and confidential, one-onone consulting with experienced small business counselors; free or low-cost workshops covering a variety of small business topics; and extended engagement programs to assist existing businesses with business and strategic planning. A member of the Association for Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) and the Colorado SBDC Network, the South Metro Denver SBDC
The Fall 2012 NxLeveL graduating class: (left to right) unidentified individual, Stacy Koczara; Sandy Arellano; Stefanie Dalgar (instructor); Alex Sward; Matt Hughes; Stacy Craig; Marcia McGilley; Anthony Masucci (instructor). Not pictured: John Baker.
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Whole Foods Market in the Streets at SouthGlenn Pairs Up with TLC Meals on Wheels for Holiday Food Drive For the fourth consecutive year Whole Foods Market at the Streets at SouthGlenn has partnered with TLC Meals on Wheels in an effort to deliver groceries to those in need during their annual Grab and Give campaign. Grab and Give is a regional program for Whole Foods Market, stores work alongside generous customers to feed the hungry in respective local communities during the holiday months of November and December. According to Phil Miller, Executive Director of TLC Meals on Wheels, this partnership has appreciably increased his organization’s community impact. “The value of groceries contributed by Whole Foods is greater than any other single resource that supports our program,” he said. “Last year, Whole Foods Market SouthGlenn donated $48,000 worth of items!” The Grab and Give “care packages” fill a gap in the pantry of those who receive a hot lunch five days a week from TLC Meals on Wheels. “We’re always concerned about our clients having enough food for weekends and snow days, as well as for breakfast and supper,” Miller said. These groceries help to ensure that there’s food in the cupboard for those who can’t get to the store. The number of homes requesting groceries has grown from 75 to 125 during the past year. “Our goal is to raise $50,000
TLC Meals on Wheels Volunteers load up food items donated by Streets at SouthGlenn Whole Foods Market shoppers
in groceries for TLC Meals on Wheels this year! We recognize the need is growing in our community, together alongside our generous customers and TLC Meals on Wheels we are happy to make a difference in our local community” said FloraJane DiRienzo, Marketing and Community Relations representative for Whole Foods Market. “The Grab and Give program also opened up new opportunities for volunteer service beyond the
weekday meal deliveries long associated with our organization,” Miller said. Lacrosse, basketball, and wrestling teams from Columbine and Arapahoe High Schools, as well as mothers and daughters representing the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Charity League, are among the many volunteers who pack and deliver food to seniors and adults with disabilities. The groceries include such items as instant oatmeal, cereal bars, applesauce, tuna fish, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, soup and green beans. Those who receive this food appreciate it, more than words can express. “If it wasn’t for the help and extra food, we would not have made it,” one woman wrote. “God bless all of you!” Another person said, “There have been many times when there has been very little food available to us and we have miraculously heard the doorbell with one of our dear TLC volunteers holding bags filled with unexpected food.” “TLC Meals on Wheels is honored by the trust Whole Foods Market Southglenn has placed in our organization as its partner,” Miller said. “We’re grateful to the enthusiastic employees and generous customers who have made it possible for us to share this food with those in need.”
partners. For more information on the SBDC, call 303-795-0142. To learn more about the Colorado Leading Edge: NxLeveL™ programs, visit http:// www.smallbusinessdenver.com/colorado-leadingedge.cfm.
Calendar of Events For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events or more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142. Tuesday, January 1st Chamber Offices will be Closed to Celebrate the Christmas & New Year Holidays Thursday, January 3rd 7:30 am: Healthcare Policy Taskforce The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial 4:00 pm: FastTracks New Investor Orientation The Chamber Center, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial
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Lots of spots to take eve of your senses Randy Penn places one of the pieces in his 40-year-old nativity scene. The family cut down to just eight Christmas trees this year. Photos by Tom Munds
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tmunds@ourcoloradonews. com Randy and Debbie Penn started with a few ornaments and a single Christmas tree 40 years ago. Their collection has steadily grown, and now they have several trees inside, plus bright lights and decorations in the front and rear of the house. A lot of people know Randy Penn as the former teacher and football coach at Englewood High School who now is serving as Englewood’s mayor. For years, the Penn house at 4108 S. Sherman St. has been a must-see during the holidays. Holiday lights on the house illuminate the area, and the front yard is crowded with lighted figures including a snowman in an airplane, a pile of packages, candy canes, stars and even a few reindeer. Inside, Christmas decorations abound. There are eight trees, each with its own theme, a display of Santa figures of different sizes and shapes, plus other holiday items. “When Deb and I were first married, I think we had three
reindeer for the yard plus some ornaments for our tree,” Randy Penn said. “One of the first things we bought was 100 wooden snowmen, and I think there are only three left.” He said he and his wife added ornaments every year, waiting until after Christmas Day to take full advantage of the sales. Debbie agreed, and said it seemed the collection just kept growing, almost like it had a life of its own. “When our children came along, we added ornaments for each of them each year, plus it seemed we always added some other new ornaments too. We still add a few things every year, even though we can’t put up everything we have,” she said. “As we bought ornaments so our collection grew, people began giving us items, many of them that they had made. We have a Nativity set that was made for us that is 40 years old.” As Randy and Debbie began collecting ornaments, they soon had too many for a single tree. Randy said they gradually began adding trees, then decided to have a theme for each tree. They have a general
Lights drape the house and a variety of items decorates the lawn of the Penn family home at 4108 S. Sherman St.
Each of the eight Penn family trees has a theme, such as this one with Santa ornaments. The family puts up boxes of decorations inside and outside their home. tree where we put ornaments that don’t fit a theme. They also have a tree that is all Santa decorations, one that has a Western theme, and another tree with s’mores character ornaments. “We have one tree we call our weird tree that is decorated with some unusual ornaments, and we have a sports ornament tree,” Randy said. “We used to have a white tree with all blue ornaments we called our Englewood Pirates tree, but didn’t put that up this year. We had 12 trees in the house last year, but reduced the number to eight this year” Randy said he and his wife have begun to reduce the size of the collection by passing many of the ornaments collected for their children to those children. However, it still takes two storage sheds to store all the family’s ornaments.
“We usually try to get started putting up our decorations just before Thanksgiving,” Randy said. “The start date for decorating used to vary when I was coaching because it depended when our season ended. Now we just try to have things up right around Thanksgiving.” One major change in the decoration has come in recent years, as the couple hundred strings of incandescent lights are gradually being replaced by LED lights. “The change to LED lights was made for two reasons,” he said. “First, we wanted to be more ecologically responsible with our decorations. But it also costs less to run LED lights. When we had all incandescent lights, our electric bill was about $500 for the month. The switch to LED lights has reduced the bill to about $200 a month.”
You can’t swing a streamer around town without hitting an event or venue where you can ring in the New Year. Here are some highlights of the evening festivities guaranteed to score a midnight smooch: • Light the night during Denver’s explosive fireworks displays at 9 p.m. and again at midnight above the 16th Street Mall, the Mile High City’s mile-long pedestrian promenade. Between the fireworks shows there will be DJs, live music, magicians, balloon artists and outdoor ice-skating, while horsedrawn carriages clatter up and down the street. For information on New Year’s Eve packages and deals at some of Denver’s finest hotels, ranging from the luxurious to the budget-friendly, go to www.milehighholidays.com. • The Children’s Museum of Denver will ring in New Year’s Eve like New York’s Times Square with ball drops every hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children of all ages can count down the ball drops and make fireworks with their feet when they jump on massive sheets of bubble wrap. Free with admission. • The Denver Zoo is hosting “Bunk With the Beasts,” where parents can leave their kids to explore Zoo Lights and celebrate sleepover-style in a safe environment. The evening includes pizza, snack and breakfast for $65 per member or $75 for nonmembers. • The Colorado Symphony Orchestra will keep New Year’s Eve classy with a Vienna-themed selection of waltzes, polkas and classics beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Boettcher Concert Hall. Tickets are from $25 to $88. • The Crowne Plaza Denver International Airport Convention Center, Colorado’s largest hotel event space, is throwing a NYE Block Party with the takeover of seven hotels within walking distance. Tickets are $49 to $79. • Dance in the New Year at a massive celebration at the Colorado Convention Center, the biggest and most extravagant venue in Denver. Tickets are $50 to $150. • The annual White Rose Gala at the Hilton DoubleTree DTC is a night of living theater where you are part of a musical and theatrical performance. Tickets are $59 to $499. • 1515 Restaurant on 1515 Market St. is ringing in the New Year with a tantalizing tasting menu created by Chef Garren Teich, inspired by famed Chef Auguste Escoffier, who created the first-class menus for the Titanic. The early seating reservations taken from 5 to 6 p.m. Dec. 31 feature a decadent three-course menu for $40 per person (not including tax and gratuity), and late seating reservations beginning at 6 p.m. features four courses for $60 per person (excluding tax and gratuity). Guests at both seatings will receive a complimentary glass of champagne and musical entertainment. Reservations are required by calling 303-571-0011 highlighting or by going to http://www.1515restaurant.com/index. php/new-year-s-eve. Parker continues on Page 12
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I love to travel, cook and read. I also enjoy walking my 9-year-old golden retriever twice daily. What is one tip you have for someone looking to sell a house? Listen to your Real Estate Professional. Have your home as in good of condition as possible. De-clutter, thin the closets, put what you’re not using in storage or have a garage sale. What is one tip you have for someone looking to buy a house? Work with a Realtor whom you feel you can genuinely trust, someone who isn’t looking to sell you any home, but the RIGHT home for you and your family. What is the most unusual thing you’ve encountered while working in Real Estate? After 23 years in the business, I find nothing unusual anymore. I have learned that I will learn something new everyday in life. The trick is to learn from your success and failures. Photos left to right: Eric Grauberger; Vacation in Machu Picchu, Peru.
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assessments, six months falls into the super lien in second position and the remaining four months fall into fourth position. Next are second mortgages which fall to fifth position if the community is subject to CCIOA and a super lien. Finally, the sixth position, seventh and so on are any third mortgages, mechanics’ liens, judgments and other encumbrances against the property. A mechanics’ lien, or a lien for unpaid work on the house, actually
trumps all liens except the real estate tax lien, the super lien, and the first mortgage lien, and can even take priority over the first mortgage lien if the work was started before the first mortgage was filed. This exception provides protection for the worker who improved the property who can then foreclose without having to deal with the first mortgage or deed of trust. Recently, the super lien has created some nightmarish situations. An unscrupulous group of investors has been purchasing lien assignments from homeowners’ associations when they learn that a property is in financial trouble. This group then lays back, waits for the bank to foreclose on its first deed of trust and then swoops in after the foreclosure is complete to either collect the amount of the super lien, or worse yet, initiates a judicial foreclosure to try to steal the property from the unsuspecting bank or the new property owner. This has caused expensive litigation. There are countless other issues involving lien priorities. When in doubt as to how these lien priorities work, consult a competent real estate attorney to assist you before you even think about fighting that battle on your own.
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Photographer focuses on the West Laura Young-Gautier’s photos, exhibited at Byers-Evans House Gallery Jan. 4 through Feb. 23, are meticulously crafted, and may incorporate as many as 10 negatives in a single print. Her vision incorporates Western elements, such as a herd of deer in a snowstorm, with one curious doe staying a moment to look at the photographer as others scamper. Others of wild horses and a roundup show the dust cloud suspended in the air and clear images of individual horses. Each is in a limited edition of no more than 25 archival silver gelatin or pigment inkjet prints. The exhibit opens with a reception from 5-9 p.m. Jan. 4, First Friday. Byers-Evans House Museum is at 11310 Bannock St., Denver. Open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free, but there is a charge to tour the museum. 303-620-4933, byersevanshousemuseum.org.
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Dec. 27 and 28 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. He plays multiple characters in a 70-minute romp through Tolkein territory — of particular interest as Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” is open in area theaters. Tickets start at $29, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.
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Colorado Preservation Inc. holds its 2013 Saving Places Conference, the largest such event in the nation, Feb. 6-8 at the Colorado Convention Center. The theme is “The Language of Preservation: Building a Relevant Message for the 21st Century.” For schedules and registration, visit ColoradoPreser-
Parker Arts Council presents the Café La Papa’s debut production of Edward Albee’s “The Zoo Story,” with B.J. Kellogg and David Casiano. Directed by Jenni Kjerstad. The one-act play was written in 1958 and explores loneliness and miscommunication. (Albee wrote a prequel in 2009, but it is limited to professional companies.) It will play at Douglas County Libraries, at 6 p.m. on each date: Jan. 5 — Parker; Jan. 12 — Lone Tree; Jan 26 — Highlands Ranch; Feb. 2 — Roxborough; Feb. 9 — Castle Rock. Admission is free. The Parker Arts Council also announces Open Mic Karaoke from 6-9 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at Clavin’s Bar and Grill, 17904 Cottonwood Drive, Parker. (Kids under 12 eat free with adult meal purchase.)
New space for theater Rick and Patty Yaconis of Highlands Ranch, owners of The Edge Theater Com-
pany, announce a move to a larger space, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood, in the 40 West Arts District, where they will open in March with David Mamet’s “Race” in a regional premiere. They open Jan. 4 with “Newark Violenta” in the old space, 9797 W. Colfax, Lakewood. The 501(c)(3) organization hopes to raise $60,000 to convert the new space into a theater. Theeproject.org, 303232-0363.
Animal-lovers welcome
South Platte Park presents a three-part series about favorite animals in the Solar Classroom at Carson Nature Center. Each Friday program is from 7-8:30 p.m. • Dec. 28 is “Caring for Fido” by Todd Rezac of Dry Creek Animal Hospital; • Jan. 25 will be “Wild Wings,” bringing birds of prey; • Feb. 22 hosts “Meet a Wild Ferret” from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Fee: $9/$7, or South Suburban Parks and Recreation district residents $6/$5. 303-347-5999, sspr. org. For more information, contact Beth, 303-730-1022, ext. 12. The Carson Nature Center is at 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton.
Festivities put spotlight on New Year Lovers of night life, nature have choices By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Fireworks, special dinner and dancing, sparkling outdoor light shows, music, outdoor activities such as hiking and birding — and some fun just for kids … Colorado families have many ways to welcome 2013. We name just a few here. Kids might start with Noon Year’s Eve at the Children’s Museum of Denver from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with five ball drops every hour and lots of confetti and noise. Or they might reserve a spot at the Denver Zoo to Bunk With the Beasts: a sleepover, visit to Zoo Lights and full breakfast before parents pick them up. Zoo Lights, Denver Botanic Gardens’ Blossoms of Light, Chatfield’s Trail of Lights and Hudson Garden’s A Hudson Christmas light show are all open — a festive way for fami-
lies to celebrate in advance of the midnight hour. The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Litton, offers its annual “Night in Vienna” at Boettcher Concert Hall, with waltzes, polkas and classics. It starts early enough (6:30 p.m.) so the audience can walk over to 16th Street for the 9 p.m. fireworks display, which shoots them off from building tops along the mall. Fireworks are repeated at midnight, and many downtown hotels have dinner and dance packages that include overnight accommodations. One restaurant, 1515, will reproduce the elegant menu from the Titanic, planned by chef Garren Teich, influenced by Escoffier. Denver’s Mercury Cafe offers dinners, jazz, the Bollywood Belly Dancers and Erotic Poetry Festival, folk music and a Brazilian New Year in its many rooms, at various times. See mercurycafe.com. There will be festivities at the newly renovated McNichols Building at Denver Civic Center, and there is Decadence NYE at the Convention Center. For these and other events,
see visitdenver.com Parker’s new PACE Center will host a sold-out New Yorkstyle New Year’s Eve party, while the Boulder Chamber Orchestra presents “World Music Night” at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The morning of a new year invites many Coloradans to head outdoors, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife celebrates with First Day Hikes in 15 state parks, including our nearby south area ones: Roxborough, Chatfield and Castlewood Canyon. Park staff and volunteers will lead hikes. For details about locations, difficulty, time and length, visit the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s website: cpw.state.co.us. In some parks, more than one degree of difficulty is offered. In some, Fido can go along on a leash, but not in all. A final outdoor suggestion: the annual Denver Urban Bird Count welcomes beginners and experts in a 15-mileradius count circle. To participate, visit: denveraudubon. org/programs/christmasbirdcount2012 to see a list of 14 locations and leader contact information.
Parker: Big change under way at Burnsley Parker continues from Page 6
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• Bring in the New Year with local vocal Hazel Miller and her band at Coohills, 1400 Wewatta. Coohills is featuring three options for the event: Enjoy a casual evening in the bar with a limited a la carte menu for $40 per person or $75 per couple cover charge. There’s also a special prix fixe menu in the main dining room with early seating reservations between 5 and 6:30 pm for a five-course meal at $75 per person (not including tax and gratuity). Or try late seating reservations starting at 8 pm, featuring seven courses with music
and dancing to the soulful sounds of the Hazel Miller Band for $135 per person (not including tax & gratuity). The band will perform from 8:30 p.m. till 12:30 a.m. Reservations: 303623-5700 highlighting or at www.coohills.com. • Revelers will have a front row seat to fireworks on Denver’s largest rooftop patio at 1949 Market St. At the 60-second countdown to midnight, Tavern’s Olive Drop will begin its descent. The two-foot illuminated olive will drop 20 feet into a 15-foot-tall and 7-foot-wide illuminated martini glass on the Tavern’s rooftop. Tickets are $45 for arrival between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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End of the line
The historic Burnsley Hotel, an iconic Capitol Hill building, closed recently after Denver developer RedPeak Properties acquired it. The 17-story all-suite hotel was originally built as an apartment community in 1963. Shortly thereafter, the building was converted into a hotel and jazz club, whose owners included singer Ella Fitzgerald and actor Kirk Douglas. In 1969, philanthropists Joy and Franklin Burns purchased the property and completely renovated the hotel. “Mrs. Burns has decided to reduce the scope of her real estate portfolio and to enjoy more personal time,”
said a press release about the closure. RedPeak intends to reposition the property to a luxury apartment community and invest more than $5 million to achieve that goal. “We are very excited to add this wonderful Denver story and trophy asset to our portfolio. This will further expand our central Denver apartment presence,” said Mike Zoellner, CEO of RedPeak Properties. RedPeak plans to begin renovation in early 2013. Preliminary plans include common area upgrades, life-safety improvements, mechanical system upgrades and complete unit overhauls. Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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pace, West Broome is honored March by Kansas history buffs ional wark By Sonya Ellingboe olfax, sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com ation new Jeff Broome, a philosophy professor at 303Arapahoe Community College since 1985, and currently president of the Faculty Senate, leads a second life as a respected -part historian, author and lecSolar turer. Each The Ellis County HistoriDec. cal Society and the town of ac of Hays, Kan., honored him on will Dec. 1 when he gave a talk ey; • there about George Armm the Broome strong Custer and the Indi7, or an Wars on the Great Plains. dis(Custer and troops were in sspr. Hays.) The mayor declared Jeff Broome Day. Beth, Broome has published two books: “Dog ature Soldier Justice” and “Custer Into the West,” eton. and has three more under way in various stages of completion. He says he has completed about 1,000 pages and will need another 1,000 to finish them all. Although his degrees are in philosophy, a direction he chose as an undergraduate at Southern Colorado State (now CSU at Pueblo) he says he entered college as a hisYork- tory major and was fascinated by Western r Or- history as a child. His great-great-grandfaCul- ther, William A. Watson, homesteaded in p.m. Colorado in 1859 at a spot that became the ns to town of Wetmore, starting the family’s hisrates earby wood
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tory in Colorado. His own family moved to a brand-new Southglenn in 1960 and he recalls walking to Littleton’s Main Street with a new Christmas pool cue to play at Paul’s Pool Hall. After obtaining his B.A., he studied at Baylor for a master’s degree and began teaching at ACC. He completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at CU-Boulder in 1998 while continuing to teach. He returned to a love of history while frustrated with writing his doctoral dissertation. He visited Dan Larson’s Pioneer Books in Englewood, where he found a copy of “Sage Brush Dentist.” The author, William Frackelton, lived a generation before storyteller Pete Smyth of Littleton, Broome said. The last three chapters gave the Indian view of a Custer fight when he met Indians. He was hooked on Custer’s fights. Then he met Jerry Green of the National Park Service and found that Custer was only a part of the Indian Wars story. “There were many roads to Little Bighorn — many of them not paved,” he observes. In 2003 he published “Dog Soldier Justice,” which was picked up by the prestigious University of Nebraska Press Bison Books in 2009. He has read hundreds of individual accounts written by settlers who were attacked by Indians and “Dog Soldier Justice” is about Susanna Alderdice, who was killed — as were three of her children — by her Cheyenne captors, known as Dog Soldiers. In process is a book, based on contemporary accounts, of attacks on settlers fol-
Dr. Jeff Broome, philosophy professor at ACC, was honored Dec. 1 in Hays, Kansas for his writing on the area’s history. Courtesy photo could be out by summer. An additional volume grew out of a story he heard in Hays about a soldier who got involved in a drunken brawl with Wild Bill Hickok in 1870 in a local bar. He met some older men while in Hays and each had a different version of the story. Being a philosopher teaches Broome to search for the truth. Some historians have an agenda and report the facts that support it, whereas he uses original material, no matter what it says. Some of it focuses on atrocities by Indians on whites, while there has been a trend in recent years to focus on whites’ persecution of Indians. “You have to get everything you can get and build off that” he told a Hays newspaper reporter.
lowing three roads west: the Santa Fe Trail, Platte River Road and Smoky Hill Trail. There is an index of 13,000 settlers who were attacked. Broome says he has found hundreds of unpublished accounts through multiple visits to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. — probably 60 to 75 days over the past 10 years. “I’ve probably spent $5,000 in copy fees over the years, and hauled papers home in an extra suitcase, or mailed them home,” he said. His book about the Cheyenne Wars and roads to Denver (1864-1870) will be published by the Logan County Historical Society in Sterling. The manuscript should be complete in January and he has someone who will make the maps he needs, so it
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Coach sees promise for Pirates Tourney at Elizabeth will begin 2013 portion of season By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com The focus has shifted from competition to practice for the Englewood High School wrestling team, which wrapped up the 2012 portion of the schedule at the Dec. 15 Denver North Tournament. “Thing are going pretty good right now for us. We wrestled well as we head into the holiday break and we want to build on that momentum,” Coach Jim Potter said as he ran the Dec. 18 practice. “We practice the rest of this week and we’ll be practicing again starting Dec. 28, break for New Year’s and get after it again on Jan. 2 so we’ll be ready to start wrestling when the season resumes.” The Pirates’ first competition of 2013 will be on Jan. 12 at the Colorado 7 League Tournament at Elizabeth High School. The first home match of the New Year will be Jan. 23 against Mullen. The coach said his wrestlers did well at the Denver North Tournament. He said senior Jacob Helman won his first varsity match, while three wrestlers placed, as Nolan Severa was third at 138 pounds, Shane Meneffe was fifth at 145 pounds and Damasjae Currington finished second at heavy-
Englewood 145-pounder Shane Meneffe works to put his opponent’s shoulders on the mat. during a recent match. Meneffe is one of three Pirates who placed at the Dec. 15 Westminster tournament. Photo by Tom Munds weight. He said Severa was the top seeded wrestler in the tournament who was rated eighth in the state and scored a 15-0 technical fall in the second period. Currington faced the Golden heavyweight who had to lose 45 pounds to get under the 285-pound maximum weight for a heavyweight and is ranked third in the state. “Damasjae had the guy on his back for almost the whole first period but couldn’t
get him pinned,” Potter said. “In the second period, the guy got Damasejae on the mat and used his 55-pound weight advantage to win the match.” The coach said one of his most improved wrestlers is Meneffe who has placed in two tournaments this year and is beating wrestlers who beat him last year. Menefee is a senior who wrestled two seasons for Wheat Ridge before moving to Englewood and joining the Pirate wrestling team last year.
“This is the most difficult year for me but it is also the biggest challenge because I want my senior year to be my best season ever,” Menefee said. “Last year, I was just wrestling for fun. This year, I am more focused so I can end my high school wrestling career on a high note.” He said it felt good to wrestle well at Denver North. He said it was also disappointing because he had wrestled the maximum number of matches allowed in a day. “I won by a coin flip but I knew I would have beat the kid anyway,” he said. The Pirate senior said he is best on his feet because he is really good at takedowns. He said he takes the guy to the mat and works to score points. “I think my speed and my strength are a plus but I think it helps that I wrestle an unorthodox style,” he said. “I make moves other wrestlers don’t expect. I am tall and it makes me hard to handle. I also am wrestling at the ideal weight because I am a big guy at 145.” This is Jacob Helman’s first season on a wrestling team and he said he wished he had wrestled earlier in his high school career. “This is a new sport for me. It is fun and I really like the fact it is a very physical sport,” he said. “I didn’t know anything about wrestling when I came in. The coaches and the other guys have helped me a ton and I am feeling like I know what I am doing on the mat.”
Englewood girls get second win of season Pirates defeat Wasson before loss to Arvada By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com The Englewood girls basketball team got a much-needed win Dec.17, defeating Wasson 43-42, before losing to Arvada 55-41 on Dec. 18 to close out the 2012 portion of the schedule with a 2-4 record. “We are doing pretty well,” Coach Adrian Thompson said at the Dec. 20 practice. “We are playing well at times and then not too well at times. We just need to put together a full 32 minutes of our best basketball if we want to be competitive in the upcoming games.” The coach said the team was to close out practice Dec. 21, when the courts go dark for the holiday break. She said they will begin practice Jan. 2 before opening the 2013 portion of the schedule on the road Jan. 4 at Adams City. The next home game is Jan. 22 against Vista Peak. Judging from the statistics, Adams City and Englewood should match up well. The Eagles start 2013 with a 3-5 record. In eight games they are scoring an average of 34 points and pulling down 29 rebounds per game. Englewood’s 2012 record is 2-4 and they are averaging 34.2 points and 25 rebounds a game. “I saw some really good things in the win over Wasson, and we got 18 points from Kadie Kavinsky,” Thompson said. “We played good defense early and built a 21-point lead. However, once we got ahead like that, we sort of sat back and Wasson ral-
lied. Fortunately, we held on to win by one point.” As she watched practice, the coach said the team was hit hard by injuries early. However, most of those sidelined by injuries either have returned to the roster or will have the chance to heal over the holidays. Miranda Holman is one of the injured players who returned to the lineup to play against Wasson. She scored eight points and led the team in rebounds with eight. “I am finally healthy again. First it was my ankle and then I was out with a concussion but I’m OK now,” she said. “Missing that time means conditioning is an issue. But the coaches are working us hard in that area and my stamina is steadily improving.” Holman plays a post position, and said that is where she likes to play. “I like to get in and mix it up under the boards,” she said. “I am competitive and I like to get in there and battle for those rebounds at both ends of the court.” She said she likes softball and basketball, but her favorite sport is hockey. She has played hockey on in-line skates and she is hoping to see what it is like to play ice hockey over the holidays or early next year. Maddie Smith, another player returning from injuries, said she is very excited about the season. “We have a number of new players, but everyone is really working hard because all of us want to win games.”
Englewood’s Madison Hageman (23) looks to make an outlet pass in a game earlier this season. The Pirates got their second win of the season Dec. 17 against Wasson. Photo by Tom Munds
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trapped his home. We would hear stories of heroism amid the terror. Coloradans had been through this nightmare before, more than a decade earlier. After Columbine, as in the summer of 2012, talk arose about gun control, about security, about what lurks inside the hearts and minds of killers. Then, as now, we learned more about healing than anything else. — Chris Rotar
Mourning a fallen officer
The South Metro area mourned the May 28 death of Jeremy Bitner, an Englewood police officer struck and killed by an alleged drunken driver. Days later, law enforcement officers wore black bands on their badges, flags were flown at half staff in Bitner’s honor and estimates are that a couple thousand people lined Hampden Avenue to pay their respects as a mile-long funeral procession passed by. It is believed that Bitner’s death was the first of an Englewood officer in the line of duty. Residents from Englewood and around the area rallied to help raise money for Bitner’s wife and two young children. Efforts ranged from selling lemonade to a fundraising motorcycle ride. One of the largest efforts was an event put together by the Englewood city government, businesses and residents that lasted all afternoon and raised several thousand dollars for the Bitner family, who live in Centennial. The drunken-driving suspect, Conner Donohue, 20, was arrested on several charges, including vehicular homicide. In October, he pleaded not guilty to all charges. His trial is tentatively scheduled for April 2013. — Tom Munds
Projects, employers flock to area
Construction permits for commercial development jumped significantly while employers flocked to Douglas and Arapahoe counties in 2012. Activity continued near Highlands Ranch’s Town Center as Children’s Hospital Colorado, the first hospital in the unincorporated enclave, broke ground in May 2012 and is set to open in December 2013. The expansion of the retail hub was further helped in 2012 by the construction of numerous restaurants and Les Schwab Tire Center, Starbucks and Sprint. In neighboring Lone Tree, crews began construction on Cabela’s at Interstate 25 and RidgeGate Parkway, and work continued farther north on the Kaiser Permanente medical campus on Park Meadows Drive. The southwest corner of Lincoln and I-25 had lots of movement, with Hampton Inn, Embassy Suites and the 281-unit Vue Apartments going up.
Coffman makes it back to Washington An honor guard made up of members of several fire departments held salutes for more than an hour as the procession escorting the body of Englewood Police Officer Jeremy Bitner made its way to Fort Logan National Cemetery. File photo Across the highway, in the Meridian International Business Center, information technology company TriZetto built new offices, and work began on a building that will be occupied by Hitachi. Polystrand, a manufacturer of composite materials, also built a facility on the edge of Douglas and Arapahoe counties. Construction began on a $41 million Centura Hospital in Castle Rock, and two senior housing facilities opened in the Parker area. In Englewood, nearly $50 million in building permits for new construction were issued this year, and a number of projects are scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2013. In Littleton, a new CarMax was built and an Alzheimer’s care center is under construction. Two car-lot expansions, a Health South rehab facility and a movie theater are also in the works. — Chris Michlewicz
Discord in Douglas County schools
The Douglas County School District met with repeated resistance and incited a string of controversy in 2012 as the board attempted to implement significant changes in education. In March, the district opened its annual negotiations with the teachers’ union to the public, an effort that ended with the expiration of the long-standing collective bargaining agreement. Since then, the district has implemented a market-based pay program for its teachers, and begun implementation of a new pay-for-performance program. Both are controversial among teachers.
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In August, a former teacher began a oneman protest in front of the district’s administration building in Castle Rock. It grew into what has become a series of regular protests before school board meetings by those who oppose some board policies. In November, the controversial voucher program had its second day in court, as attorneys for the school district and those who oppose the plan argued their points before the Colorado Court of Appeals. A decision is not expected until early 2013. A Denver District Court judge last year ruled that the program, which would allow DCSD students to use public funds toward tuition at private schools, is unconstitutional. — Jane Reuter
Aurora shootings left us all wounded
We awoke to horror July 20. Cheerful thoughts of weekend plans quickly gave way to disbelief, shock and sorrow that Friday morning. From TV, radio, the Internet - everywhere you looked - the news came at us like a sledgehammer: Just after midnight, a gunman had opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora. We would find out that 12 people were killed and nearly five dozen wounded. We would watch that weekend as police staked out and searched the apartment of the suspect they had in custody, James Holmes, fearing that the 24-year-old had booby-
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This time, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman faced a test. With Colorado’s newly redrawn 6th District expected to be one of the most hotly contested congressional races of 2012, the Republican Coffman leaned heavily on those who elected him to his previous two terms. In November, Coffman defeated Democratic challenger Joe Miklosi by 4 percentage points. Coffman collected 12,247 more votes than his challenger in Douglas County, while edging him by 884 votes in Adams County and losing Arapahoe County by 6,744. The incumbent was viewed as an extremely vulnerable candidate after winning twice before in what had been a conservative safe-haven. Once the lines were redrawn, Elbert County and all of Douglas except Highlands Ranch were eliminated. The district added the remainder of Aurora, a heavily Democratic municipality. Coffman, who was attacked repeatedly in ads by Miklosi, spent a fair amount of spring and summer on the hot seat for comments he made in May at an Elbert County Town Hall. It was then he called out President Barack Obama, saying, “I do know this, that in his heart, he’s not an American. He’s just not an American.” — Ryan Boldrey
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are grappling with whether or not to allow retail sales or commercial growth. Residents of unincorporated Douglas County, like everyone else, can grow up to six plants in their homes and partake legally in private. However, they will have to head elsewhere to purchase their weed. On Dec. 18, the county became the first in the state to ban commercial facilities. The county’s municipalities are looking to do the same. The Town of Parker adopted a ban on commercial operations, effective Dec. 23, and councils for the Town of Castle Rock and City of Lone Tree are considering similar bans, which could go into effect in early 2013. In Arapahoe County, Englewood has already passed an ordinance against commercial grow operations and shops, while Littleton, Centennial and the county are still figuring out which direction to go. Arapahoe County currently allows medical marijuana dispensaries, as do Englewood and Littleton. — Ryan Boldrey
Caught up in ‘Missy mania’
A 17-year-old swimmer from Centennial captivated the nation this past summer. Missy Franklin won five medals, four of them gold, at the Olympics in London. In August, hundreds of fans packed Centennial Center Park for a welcome-home ceremony for Franklin and all of Colorado’s Olympians. But the hometown girl was the star of the show in what ended up being more like a big block party as “The Missile” danced her way to the podium to Carly Rae Jepson’s “Call Me, Maybe.” Gov. John Hickenlooper and Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon lauded Franklin, along with six additional Colorado athletes on their return from London. Team USA grabbed 104 medals. Nine of those were awarded to Coloradans. “That makes about 8.69 percent of the total medal count going to Colorado,” said Hickenlooper. “So I’d say we definitely outperformed the market substantially.” Franklin, a Regis Jesuit High School senior, will swim for the University of California at Berkeley next year. — Deborah Grigsby
Massive wildfire threatens from south
This past year was devastating to Colorado when it came to wildfires. For residents of southern Douglas County, one
Construction at Kent Place changed the landscape as crews put up the building for a new King Soopers Fresh Fare specialty store. The former Denver Seminary site at Hampden Avenue and University Boulevard has been taking shape as a mixed-use development that will include a number of retail stores and a for-rent apartment complex. File photo fire loomed most ominously, but ultimately spared the county’s land and residents. The first signs of smoke from the devastating Waldo Canyon Fire were reported on June 23, and by June 27, Douglas County officials ordered the pre-evacuation of residents in the southwest portion of the county, including residents in Larkspur and Perry Park. Within days, Gov. John Hickenlooper issued an order to prohibit private fireworks displays and, by June 27, Douglas County Sheriff Dave Weaver canceled all professional Fourth of July fireworks displays in the county, joining communities in the metropolitan area and along the Front Range. By July 10, when the fire was declared officially contained by fire officials, the blaze had reached 18,247 acres and damaged or destroyed 391 homes. — Rhonda Moore
Sterling Ranch hits roadblock
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off, it was dealt a surprise setback. The planned development in the Chatfield Valley was approved by Douglas County commissioners in May 2011, with plans to develop 3,500 acres to create 12,000 homes. Within weeks of the approval, the Chatfield Community Association filed a lawsuit to stop the development, in part because of the developer’s plan to submit water adequacy at each plat or phase of development. In August 2012, a Douglas County district judge agreed with the association and reversed the county’s decision. District Court Judge Paul King ruled the proposal to establish water adequacy at each plat violated a state law that requires developers to prove their water supply at the rezoning stage for new construction. “While land use and development is a matter of local concern, the adequacy of water for new developments is a matter of statewide concern,” King ruled. “To this end our legislature mandated … that local government shall not approve an application for a development unless it determines that the applicant has established that the proposed water supply for the development is adequate.” In November 2012, King denied a request for reconsideration filed by developer Harold Smethhills, and on Dec. 19, Douglas County filed its appeal of King’s ruling. — Rhonda Moore
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Littleton can go years without a violent death. But in 2012, police found themselves investigating five homicides. • Darin Ninneman stands accused of stabbing his mother to death. Their drug-fueled relationship apparently imploded. • In what might have been Littleton’s first gang murder, a shooting left Da Von Flores dead and a 17-year-old boy wounded. Police arrested Dion Rankin and Robert Alexander Placa. • Ken Germain, a 68-year-old mortgage lender with a spotty past, was shot to death. His business partner, Colin Collea, was found dead later that night, apparently a suicide. • Police arrested Teddy Puente and an unidentified girl in the death of Walter Zucchetti. His body was discovered in his apartment. The coroner’s office hasn’t released autopsy results. • Dylan Jones thought his uncle was an intruder and stabbed him to death. The district attorney declined to press charges. Add a violent gas-station attack and two home invasions, and for many, 2012 was a year they would like to forget. — Jennifer Smith