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July 23, 2020
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
EnglewoodHerald.net
VOLUME 100 | ISSUE 22
‘Nothing will bring Carl back, but we need closure’ Weeks after fatal hit-and-run, victim’s loved ones plead for justice BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Lisa Paris doesn’t wake up to breakfast and flowers anymore. Paris spent the last decade loving Carl Howard, and he loved her back. Howard, 54, was struck and killed while riding his bicycle on the evening of June 23. He was hit by a driver in a dark pickup truck just blocks from Paris’ home in Englewood. Howard’s killer remains at large. Every day, Paris walks the three blocks from her home to the corner of South Bannock Street and West Radcliff Avenue, where Howard was struck. She and others have built a small memorial against a fire hydrant adorned with flowers, plaques and pinwheels. A flier seeking help finding Howard’s killer hangs from a stop sign. Paris said she visits the memorial to light candles, pick up the dead flowers, and commune with the spirit of the man whose kind eyes gave her butterflies from the moment they met. SEE CLOSURE, P14
Parents have a choice to make by Aug. 3 BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
allowed to partake in public alcohol consumption and food consumption along South Broadway. And in the hope of attracting more visitors to the 3400 block of South Broadway, Englewood advocates are carrying out new art projects to further push the area as an attractive destination. The first of those art projects — a
In only five weeks, Englewood Schools will allow students to return to in-person learning. But, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state, parents can also choose a remote-learning option. The Englewood School Board approved plans for returning to school at a July 14 board meeting. The plans have been in the works for over a month as the school district assembled a task force of teachers, district administrators and principals to create the framework for the upcoming school year. Parents will have to decide whether they prefer in-person or remote learning for their children by Aug. 3 in anticipation of the first day of school on Aug. 27. “It’s going to be a very personal choice for our families,” said Englewood Schools Superintendent Wendy Rubin at a July 16 virtual town hall where the school district discussed its return-to-school plans with district staff. Englewood’s return to in-person learning plan for students is a 36-page document that details safety precautions the district will enforce and acknowledges that it expects in-person learning to have to maneuver to remote at times.
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Lisa Paris sits beside a memorial for Carl Howard, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Englewood on June 23. His killer remains at large, and Paris hopes the driver will turn himself or herself in so her family can begin to move forward. DAVID GILBERT
Downtown Englewood gets beauty treatment Artistic electrical boxes, crosswalks dress up core block of South Broadway BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There’s a nickname that Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce
Englewood Schools releases plans for return to in-person learning
Executive Director David Carroll uses for the 3400 block of South Broadway: “restaurant row.” After all, the block is home to restaurants like Zomo Asian + American Eatery and One Barrel American Bistro & Wine Bar. Englewood’s restaurant row is garnering excitement for city advocates and businesses now that the area is an “open container” district — meaning that residents are
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The metro area boasts a host of eclectic, less-familiar parks to explore P12