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October 26, 2017
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
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Ghosts and goblins invade gym
Judge, District 4 candidates tackle issues in forum Marijuana, budget, biogas, traffic tickets discussed BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Noah Ingram, 3, tries to get a bean bag on the right number as he takes part in one of the games at the Oct. 20 Halloween Carnival held at the Englewood Recreation Center. Ingramwas dressed as a shark at the carnival, so he fit right in with all the adults wearing costumes who attended the annual event. TOM MUNDS BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Adults and children dressed as critters and creatures of all kinds filled the Englewood Recreation Center gymnasium during the Oct. 21 Halloween Carnival. Center staff fit right in as they too wore costumes for the city-
sponsored event that has been held in late October each year for more than 25 years. Large crowds are the norm and staff member Jeff Jones said he thought the crowd was bigger this year than it was last year. The walls of the gym were lined with game booths where carnival goers could try to toss a bean bag into a target or hit a puck into the
net. Win or lose, the participant got some goodies for the effort. In one area, a line of parents watched as their children climbed over the barriers so they could hit the slide as they completed the inflatable obstacle course. Those attending the carnival
At an unlikely stage for politics — Moe’s Original Bar B Que on South Broadway — two candidates for the Englewood municipal judge seat and two District 4 candidates for Englewood City Council weighed in on issues like the 2018 budget, Englewood’s biogas repurposing proposal and the approach a judge should take in municipal court. District 4 challenger Dave Cuesta and incumbent Councilmember Rick Gillit had at times testy exchanges about whether the 2018 budget is balanced at the Oct. 17 event. Budget balanced? “I would say no,” said Cuesta, referencing whether the 2018 budget proposal is balanced and saying it shows roughly a shortfall of $372,000 between uses of funds and sources of funds. “Now, you’ll hear other people tell you (it is).”
SEE CARNIVAL, P20
SEE FORUM, P9
THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL
‘How many of our taxpayer dollars could be saved if members of Congress could drop their egos and collaborate rather than pointing fingers and not getting things done?’ Linda Newell, guest columnist | Page 13 INSIDE
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