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March 22, 2018
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
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KEEPING OPERA ALIVE: Opera Colorado works to keep the art form thriving in the metro area, around the state. P16
Businesses frustrated by incidents near homeless center BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
and stand for 17 minutes in honor of the 17 victims in Florida. On the other side of school grounds, middle schoolers gathered in a walkout that focused not on protesting gun violence, but honoring the victims, student organizers said. EHS students took a more pointed tone, with one poster sign criticizing some of Colorado’s congressional lawmakers by name for support
A normal business day gave way to a violent assault for Kellie Martinez at Broadway Barbers, a shop just doors down from Giving Heart Englewood, a homelessservices center on the 4300 block of South Broadway, according to a report by police. When Martinez asked two attendees of Giving Heart to stop standing near her barbershop’s front door and blocking access, one of them allegedly became angry and struck her. Several employees and patrons of Giving Heart tried to end the disturbance, according to a witness. The two individuals left before police arrived, but police identified them after contacting employees at the homeless center, who told police the individuals caused problems recently and were no longer welcome. That’s how the Jan. 16 incident unraveled, according to a summary by Englewood police provided to the Englewood City Council that month. Business owners on the block have brought complaints to police and the city about incidents ranging from sleeping near businesses to alterca-
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Students at Englewood High School line the sidewalk on South Logan Street on campus March 14 to protest gun violence and to honor the memory of the 17 students killed in the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Students from Englewood Middle School and Englewood Leadership Academy, housed on the same campus, held a walkout on the other side of the grounds that student organizers said was focused on honoring the victims rather than gun violence. ELLIS ARNOLD
Englewood students rally against gun violence Hundreds take part on day for nationwide school walkouts one month after Florida shooting BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“Are we next?” A poster sign in a gathering of about 200 students in front of Engle-
wood High School asked that question during a walkout March 14, one month after 17 students and staff were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Students including those at Englewood Middle School and Englewood Leadership Academy — middle schools housed on the same campus as EHS — organized walkouts to honor the victims and to speak out about gun violence. At 10 a.m., a crowd of high-school students rolled out on South Logan Street at the edge of campus to sit
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