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Englewood 9-20-2013
Englewood
September 20, 2013
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Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 93, Issue 31
Board to fill vacancy Turnbull’s death creates empty schools position By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com
Taiwanese chef Kai Tun Hsu displays his skill creating a variety of artworks from vegetables. He and fellow chef Lin Shih-Yu were guests of honor at the annual Chinese Taiwaneese Chamber of Commerce meeting Sept. 15. Photos by Tom Munds
Chefs from Taiwan visit Englewood Two were guests at annual Colorado Taiwanese meeting By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com English wasn’t the first language Sept. 15 as Englewood’s Twin Dragon Restaurant hosted the annual Colorado Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce meeting. The guests of honor, Lin Shih-Yu and Kai Tun Hsu, combined to win gold medals in a recent Taiwan cooking competition for chefs by creating their award-winning beef noodle soup. Wendy Chao, publisher of the Asian Pacific Business Journal and the Colorado Chinese News, spoke to the group in Chinese and in English. She acknowledged the representatives of the Colorado Taiwan Business Association, the Asian Writers Association and the Colorado Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce. She also said she was happy the two chefs could be at the meeting. Through an interpreter, Kai Tun Hsu
Lin Shih-Yu, left, and Kai Tun Hsu talk about the beef noodle soup they cooked at Englewood’s Twin Dragon Restaurant. The two are award-winning chefs from Taiwan. said this is the first visit to the United States for him and his fellow chef. He said plans are to visit 11 states, and the trip is going well so far. “Our first impression when we got here is we love the United States to
death,” he said. The two chefs prepared the main dish for the dinner, the beef noodle soup. Lin Chefs continues on Page 9
The Englewood Board of Education met Sept. 17, and the members declared there is a board vacancy and will establish the procedure they will use to fill the vacancy at the Oct. 1 meeting. The vacancy occurred when board member Gene Turnbull died recently. Normally, voters would elect three board members in November. But, because Turnbull was one of three candidates for the three seats, the board canceled the election Sept. 3. Turnbull passed away Sept. 5. “The first step in the process was for the board to officially declare the vacancy,” said Brian Ewert, school superintendent. “When the board declared the vacancy, they have 60 days to select someone to fill the vacancy. I can’t speak for board members but I would guess they will wait until after the November election to fill the vacancy.” Linda Felling, executive assistant to the superintendent, told the board the information she received stated that, if the vacancy occurs 90 days prior to the election, the individual appointed served the remainder of the unexpired term until November, and then serves on the board until the next school board election, which will be in November 2015. If the appointee wishes to remain on the board, the individual will become a candidate for a two-year term until 2017. At that point, candidates for the board will run for election for a full four-year term. Englewood’s school board had filled several vacancies in the past few years that were created when board members resigned for a number of reasons, including moving out of the district. The board can simply select an individual to fill the vacancy. Or, as has been done in the past, the board can seek applications from residents who want to be on the school board and select a new board member from among the applicants.
‘Alcohol’ goggles provide sobering lessons Experience shows volunteers the effects of being drunk By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Eight residents donned Drunk Buster Goggles and experienced the impact alcohol potentially has on their performance when they attended the Sept. 11 Impaired and Distracted Driving Class put on by the Englewood Police Department. Volunteers donned three different sets of goggles and were asked to perform routine
roadside sobriety tests. The goggles represented three different levels of intoxication. The first represented a blood alcohol level of .04 to .06 percent; the second a level of .08 to .15 percent; and the third represented level of .26 to .35 percent. Three Englewood police officers, Cliff Caskey, Brian Taylor and Mike O’Connor, each administered one of the roadside tests. Caskey had the volunteers wearing the first set of goggles go through walking a straight line and Taylor had volunteers wearing the Goggles continues on Page 9
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Volunteer Mark Craft seeks to maintain his balance wearing the Drunk Buster Goggles as he tries to walk a straight line for Englewood Police Officer Cliff Caskey. The goggles showed how alcohol impairs reactions. Photo by Tom Munds