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Englewood 8-16-2013
Englewood
August 16, 2013
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Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 93, Issue 26
Charter school seeking approval Move marks second try to open facility in Englewood By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com
The red 1956 Ford Thunderbird caught the eye of young Nathan Hashman who was with his parents at the Aug. 10 Englewood Car Show. The 6-year-old said he liked the T-bird but he would rather drive an orange limo. Photos by Tom Munds
Car show revs up excitement Chamber of commerce seeks to bring annual event back to city By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com The growl of powerful engines filled the air as drivers maneuvered into position to take part in the Aug. 10 Englewood Car Show. Vehicles, including customized pickups, race cars, motorcycles and hot rods, lined up along South Windermere Street from a block north of the light rail station to Kenyon for the event sponsored by the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce. “I feel our car show was a success for our first year as we had more than 50 vehicles in the event,” Colleen Mellow, chamber director, said Aug. 12. “The turnout was a pleasant surprise because, the morning of the show, I only had 10 owners registered to bring their vehicle. John Schaefer and his wife Anne attended the Aug. 10 event to check out the vehicles on display. “Both Anne and I like cars of all kinds and we take every opportunity to come to a show like this to look at all the different makes, models and how some of the owners customized their vehicle,” the Littleton man said. “Small shows like this are more fun to attend because most of the owners are here and will talk to you about what they have done to their vehicle and how they did it. Our goal is to eventually build a customized muscle car and we take notes on information from owners we think may help us when we get started.” The modified coupe owned by Englewood resident Vern Adler drew a lot of crowd attention. Adler said it was built by Frank Dering and began as a 1932 Ford 5-window coupe. “A lot of changes have been made, including installing all the safety equipment and adding the wing plus adjusting the frame to handle a 350 cubic inch Chevrolet engine that has been modified to pro-
Owner Vern Adler wipes some of the dust off his modified coupe race car he had on display at the Aug 10 Englewood Car Show. The show drew more than 60 entries and raised money to help homeless veterans.
‘I feel our car show was a success for our first year as we had more than 50 vehicles in the event.’ Colleen Mellow, chamber director
duce about 450 horsepower,” he said. “I like modified coupes and this is my fifth one. We have drivers for them and the race at Colorado National Speedway and at other tracks in Colorado and bordering states.” The show wrapped up in the afternoon and, Aug. 12, Mellow said she was pleased with how the event went. “I feel it was a success because people who brought their cars told me they liked
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the show and had fun, plus we were able to raise more than $500 to help homeless veterans,” she said. “The Englewood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 322 also had food and beverages for sale and what they raised added to our total that will go to help homeless veterans, who were the real winners.” The money raised will be used to purchase items homeless veterans need like sleeping bags, socks and coats, Mellow said. Car shows are not new to Englewood. There were shows in the 1960s and, more recently, the downtown area was the site of three Englewood Days Car Shows. Each year, several hundred owners brought their cars to the event. Unfortunately, the downtown car show ended in 2009. Mello said the Aug.10 event went well enough that she is planning for a repeat performance in 2014 as the chamber seeks to revive the show and hopefully build on the excitement the Englewood Days Car Show created.
The Carlton Academy Founding Board filed an application with the Englewood School District on Aug. 1 seeking schoolboard approval to open a facility in the city in August 2014. “The application met the school board deadline of Aug. 1,” said Brian Ewert, school superintendent. “A quick evaluation indicates they met all the requirements to submit the application to establish a charter school in Englewood.” He said the application will be evaluated internally, as well as by a trio of charter school application experts and by the school accountability board. “We also will have two public meetings, plus the board will meet with the charter school board,” the superintendent said. “State law requires the board must hand down a decision whether to accept or reject the application not later than Oct. 29.” He said the public hearing dates haven’t been set, but he expect one will be in late September and one in early October. This marks the second year in a row an application to establish a charter school in Englewood has been submitted. The board rejected last year’s application as insufficient in a number of areas. A number of the same proponents are on the board of directors that submitted this year’s application. “We have been working on this application since January,” said Matt Whipple, founding board president. “We went through a lengthy process, plus we worked closely with the Colorado League of Charter Schools to develop this application. I think it was three times we submitted the application to the league for review, got their feedback, addressed their concerns and resubmitted it. The result is a superior application that has been reviewed and approved by charter school experts.” He said the new application includes an improved budget and suggests three possible locations for the school, plus the detailed technical information and specific facts provide a better picture of what the school would look like once it is up and running. The three locations being considered for the charter school are the former church property east of Clarkson Street at U.S. Highway 285, the former Funtastic Fun indoor amusement park at Broadway and Dartmouth — a site also being eyed as a possible location for a Chick-fil-A restaurant — and a long-vacant, two-story office building on Hampden Avenue near Logan. The application requests permission to open the school’s doors in August 2014, offering classes for kindergartners through eighth-graders. The opening enrollment is forecast to be 200 with enrollment increasing to 420 in five years. The academy focus is to be a Core Knowledge charter school that creates a learning environment where the students are empowered to succeed. Former Englewood teacher Mary Zachariah headed last year’s effort to establish Charter continues on Page 11