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Groups renew state’s brew brouhaha Sales in grocery stores debated
By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com While supermarket chains and even some breweries across Colorado are hopped up about the idea of allowing all grocery stores to sell full-strength alcoholic beverages, some neighborhood liquor stores have a case of sour grapes about the whole thing. Forty-two states allow full-strength liquor sales at all grocery stores. But because liquor store owners may only operate one location under Colorado law, each grocery chain has to choose just one store. Safeway, for instance, chose the Littleton location at Mineral Avenue and Broadway, where a security guard stands watch over a large liquor department at the rear of the
building. Other locations, as well as convenience stores, are restricted to selling 3.2 percent alcohol products, like beer and wine coolers. So for now, liquor stores have the upper hand when it comes to selling the hard stuff. There are around 1,600 of them in Colorado, employing somewhere around 15,000 people. The topic comes up now and again in Colorado, with the last time being in 2007, when the ban on Sunday sales was lifted. This time, the effort has enlisted the help of two people with south metro-area name recognition — John Brackney, former Arapahoe County commissioner and former president of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, and former Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson. Liquor continues on Page 11
Bill Barnes, left, and Josh Engelhardt keep things moving at the busy Woodlawn Liquor store. The store’s owner, Mark Mack, worries it won’t be so busy if a proposal to allow liquor sales in all grocery stores passes. Photo by Jennifer Smith
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In the business of braids: New hair salon moves into downtown Littleton. See Page 12
Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice freshman Jen Connell, left, explains her spray-paint technique to Colorado’s Finest art teacher Kim Young during the reception for the creators of the top 50 entries in the Englewood City Calendar Art Contest. Photo by Tom Munds
Youths’ calendar art showcased Creators of top 50 entries honored at annual reception
By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Englewood Civic Center atrium echoed with the hum of numerous conversations as young artists guided friends and family to their works, which had been selected among the top 50 entries for the annual Englewood City Calendar contest. The occasion, the annual reception for the youthful creators of the top 50 calendar contest entries, was held Oct. 27. The atrium walls became the showcase
for the works of the 50 artists. Before the reception, many families had their children pose for photographs before their creations. The 50 artworks will remain on the walls of the atrium until Nov. 30. Jen Connell’s creation was selected to be in this year’s calendar and will be the first spray-paint artwork to be included in the city calendar. “I saw spray-paint artwork on Facebook and I wanted to do that kind of art so I started trying it a couple years ago,” the Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice freshman said. “It is fun and I like doing it.” Her artwork is called “Seven Planets.” She said she used spray paint and stencils to create the perfect circles to represent
each of the planets. “I then put caps over the planet circles to protect them while I used the spray paint to create the background,” she said. She said she would like to be a spraypaint artist as her second job while her first job would be as a makeup specialist. Her paternal grandmother said art runs in the family as she decorates cakes and her dad liked to draw. Kim Young, art teacher at Colorado’s Finest, said she was impressed with Connell’s artwork and the spray-paint medium. “Jen suggested I teach a class in spray-paint art,” she said. “It sounded like a good idea but I wasn’t sure if it was legal. But I checked Artists continues on Page 7
Soccer: Arapahoe downs Rock Canyon in playoff action. See Page 21
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