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Englewood 11-8-2013
Englewood
November 8, 2013
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Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 93, Issue 38
Olson, Yates win council seats Voters also approve pot ban, protection for park properties By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Unofficial election numbers show incumbent Linda Olson keeping her seat as the District 2 city council representative, and determine that Steven Yates won the race for the at-large council position. Additionally, two ballot issues were approved by voters.
Yates and Scott Gorsky were candidates to fill the at-large seat vacated by Mayor Pro Tem Jim Woodward, who chose not to seek another term. Yates received 2,357 votes to 1,815 for Gorsky, a 56.5 percent to 43.5 per- Olson cent lead, in returns released just after midnight on Nov. 6. “Well, it looks like I made it,” Yates said about 9 p.m. Nov. 5. “The campaign was a lot of work and I am grateful that I had a
lot of help from a lot of people. I am thankful for all the support that was provided. Now, I feel my job for the next four years will be to respect all the people, to listen to their comments and act in their best interest.” Yates was born and Yates raised in the Denver area, lived in Englewood and graduated from Cherry Creek High School. Yates has worked at a variety of management positions and said he was tasked with solving
problems with available resources. He has been married for 18 years, and he and his wife have two teenage boys. He said he ran for office to rebuild the business district, protect the rights of people and work to keep taxes low. The other council race was in District 2, where incumbent Linda Olson received more votes than first-time office-seeker Rita Russell. The results released just after midnight Council continues on Page 8
High school set to mark 100 years Celebration on Nov. 16 will offer tours, dance By Tom Munds
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Karen Brofft, assistant school superintendent, reads to sixth-graders during the Oct. 31 Read Aloud Day at Charles Hay World School. About 50 parents, residents, administrators and community members volunteered to read to students. Photos by Tom Munds
Adults read to Hay students Volunteers pitch in at school as part of annual event By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Regular studies continued on Oct. 31 while once-a-year events at Charles Hay World School included the fact that the majority of students and faculty wore pajamas to class and each class had one or more adults stop by to read a book to the children. The different activities were because Oct. 31 was Hay’s Read Aloud Day. It has been an annual event for a number of years and began to replace the traditional class Halloween parties. This year, about 50 parents, school administrators and community member volunteered to be readers. Karen Brofft, assistant school superintendent, volunteered to read to sixthgraders. “I take part in Hay Read Aloud Day every year,” she said. “Typically, I read to sixthgraders. I feel it is a great way to again connect with kids but to do it being involved in POSTAL ADDRESS
Charles Hay World School sixth-graders Angela Martinez, left, and Genesis Gallego listen as Karen Brofft, deputy school superintendent, reads them a story. The girls wore the pajamas Oct. 31 as part of the Read Aloud activities. a different type of activity.” She said, like all administrators, she is a teacher at heart. “I selected a book called ‘Talking Eggs’ that is a folk tale and one of my favorite books,” she said. “I enjoyed reading it to
my class when I was a teacher and I enjoyed reading it to my children.” Mason Robertson listened to Brofft read “Talking Eggs.” “I love to read and it’s kind of fun to have an adult read a book to us,” he said. “My favorite books are sports biographies or adventure novels. I have tried listening to audio books and I’ve tried reading books on the computer. Both those things are OK Printed on recycled but I still preserve to read and I really like newsprint. Please to read hard-cover books.” recycle this copy. Read Aloud Day was meant to be a fun and different activity on Halloween. But the children still got to take part in a Halloween activity, as the Parent-Teacher Organization sponsored a “trick-or-treat street” event after school.
Englewood High School will hold a 100th anniversary celebration Nov. 16, just about a year before a major new chapter for the high school begins with completion of the new seventh- through 12thgrade campus at the end of 2014. For the anniversary celebration, the welcome mat is out as current students, parents, alumni, former faculty members and members of the community are invited to join in on one or more of the Nov. 16 activities. The early events are free and tickets are $5 for the dance that wraps up the celebration. Activities begin at 5 p.m. with tours of the completed portions of what will become the campus that will house the high school, Englewood Middle School and the Englewood Leadership Academy when school resumes in January 2015. From 7 to 9 p.m. visitors can make their way through the older parts of the high school. The self-guided tour will probably be the final time to visit those portions of the current high school building, as that area is scheduled for demolition as phase II of the new campus construction project. The final activity of the evening is the Dance of the Decades. The dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. in the field house. The dance will celebrate each of the decades of Englewood High School, so those attending are urged to dress in the attire from the 1950s to the normal attire today. Also, starting at 7 p.m., Englewood High School merchandise, including old and new Pirates gear, will be on sale. A great deal of the history of Englewood education is documented books about the community. In “History of Englewood, Colorado,” published in 1994, an article written by the late Beverly Simon stated Englewood education history dates back to 1863, 40 years before Englewood became a city in 1903. Simon wrote about a number of schools in the area, including one of the first that was a classroom in a portion of the John McBroom cabin. “Wooded Nook, a story of Englewood,” compiled in 1978 by a group of high school students, stated the first school built in the area probably was the Hawthorn school that was built in 1892. It was a one-room school with 21 students and one teacher. In the history book, Simon also wrote there were two Arapahoe County school districts provided education in what is now School continues on Page 8