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Ready for tip-off: The Englewood High boys basketball team prepares to open season. See Page 18

‘Mute Earth’: Exhibit at the Museum Outdoor Arts will spur thought. See Page 19

Littleton resident Elizabeth Davis accepts a Buddy Poppy from Carlos DeHerrera. DeHerrera, a member of Verle Huffman Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9644, volunteered to staff the Buddy Poppy table at the King Soopers at Belleview and Federal on Nov. 8. The Buddy Poppy is a VFW project and the paper flowers symbolize the blood shed and the sacrifices made by America’s veterans. Photo by Tom Munds

Veterans pass out poppies

More than gifts: Holiday bazaar helps artisans, nonprofit groups. See Page 23

VFW volunteers hand out paper flowers By Tom Munds tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com

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Each year around Memorial Day and Veterans Day, Veterans of Foreign Wars volunteers distribute Buddy Poppies. A Buddy Poppy is a red poppyshaped paper flower that represents the blood shed by American service members and a reminder the VFW will not forget their sacrifices. “We distribute the Buddy Poppy and there is no charge. But

people can donate to the project because it is a fundraiser for each post’s programs to help veterans,” said Don McNeely, quartermaster at Verle Huffman VFW Post 9644 in Englewood. “For example, our post uses the money from the Buddy Poppy project to help pay for Christmas parties at the seven Veterans Administration nursing homes in Wyoming and Colorado.” He said the volunteers from the post distribute about 10,00 Buddy Poppy paper flowers a year. Volunteers from VFW 9644 were distributing the Buddy Poppy at several area super markets and Carlos DeHerrera, a Vietnam veteran, staffed the table at the King Soopers at Belleview and Federal. “Many people stop by because

they know about the Buddy Poppy but we also have people stop and ask about the flowers,” he said. “We have a little information we can hand out to them plus I tell them about why we are doing this. A lot of people make donations to our project.” Elizabeth Davis, of Littleton, stopped by to take a flower and make a donation. “I do this in memory of my husband who served in World War II,” she said. “I always stop to get a Buddy Poppy when they are handing them out. I wear it as a tribute to the sacrifices so many veterans have made for us.” Aaron Brigg also stopped by the Buddy Poppy table. “I am donating because I feel it

is a good cause to help veterans,” he said. “I didn’t serve in the military but I appreciate all those who did.” The Buddy Poppy project began in 1922 and was inspired by the words of the poem from World War I, “In Flanders’s Field.” Kevin Jones, director of VFW programs, said veterans assemble the Buddy Poppies. “We have six assembly facilities that are in veterans hospitals or in veterans nursing homes,” Jones said by phone from VFW headquarters. “The veterans assembling the poppies are paid for their work and we assemble and distribute about 11 million of the flowers to posts around the country and the world.”

Kagan pulls out close House victory Democratic incumbent keeps his job in District 3 By Tom Munds

tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com In an extremely close race, unofficial results show Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills Village) will once again represent District 3 in the Colorado House of Representatives. “It appears we prevailed in our district,” Kagan said Nov. 6. “There is still so much going on to determine which party will control the houses of the Colorado Legislature that we’ll just have to wait and see the official results.” Results posted about 9 p.m. Nov. 5, the day after Election Day, show that Kagan had received 50.7 percent of the votes cast in the race. His Republican opponent, Candice Benge, of Greenwood Village, received 49.3 percent. Only 416 votes separated the two. Political newcomer Benge held a very slight lead over incumbent Kagan throughout most of Election Night. However, later results, which included the count of all the regular mail-in ballots, moved Kagan into the lead. The posted results are unofficial and will

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not be certified until Nov. 21. The time is allowed because the deadline for receiving absentee ballots from overseas is Nov. 12. Also, if a resident’s vote wasn’t counted because the signature was challenged, the individual has until Nov. 18 to deal with the issue. That is also the date by which provisional ballots must be counted. Matt Crane, Arapahoe clerk and recorder, said the vote difference in the District 3 race does not qualify for an automatic recount. For many years, State House District 3 represented south Denver, which regularly elected Democrats to the office. However, the 2010 census resulted in the district being shifted

south to Arapahoe County and it includes Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, portions of Littleton, Greenwood Village and unincorporated Arapahoe County, where there is about an even blend of registered Republicans and Democrats. Late the afternoon of Nov. 5, Kagan said he knew this would be a close race, and that’s what it turned out to be. “I believe and I feel all people believe every vote should be counted,” he said. “It is how democracy does its work.” On Nov. 6, he said the election was a real eye-opener. “Many lessons will come out of this election,” he said. “We need to take time to process the information, identify those lessons and learn from them.” Kagan has represented the district since he was appointed to the office in 2009 following the resignation of Ann McGihon. He was reelected in 2010 and 2012. Term limits mean this is his final stretch in the state House. “I am set to go to work to make some real progress on legislation that will move our state ahead,” Kagan said. “There are people in our state who are struggling and I hope we can work this session to bring them some relief.”


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