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New ideas: Business expert gives advice on how to succeed with millennial workers. See Page 7
Spirit calls: Littleton artist Andy Marquez wows with his latest exhibit. See Page 15
Volunteer Kathy Strank serves up turkey to the cats as she delivers the Feast for the Furry Friends. This is the fifth year volunteers have prepared and served a Thanksgiving menu meal to the dogs and cats at the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley. Photos by Tom Munds
Feast set before furry friends
Ready for tip-off: Local high school teams set to hit the hardwood. See Page 26
Special turkey dinner served to dogs and cats in shelter By Tom Munds
tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com
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This Thanksgiving feast was for the dogs and cats. Volunteers gathered on Nov. 27 and dished up turkey, mashed potatoes and other goodies for the animals at the Humane Society of South Platte Valley. “This is the fifth year we have done the Feast for Furry Friends here at the society,” said Susan Fredinburg, operations manager. “Volunteers prepare all the food for the feast, and our veterinarian approves every item on the feast menu.” For example, she cooked the five turkeys for the feast, roasting them without any butter, salt, pepper or other spices, she said. The bowls of ingredients were lined up: turkey,
mashed potatoes, green beans, pure pumpkin and pure cranberries. Each of the 35 to 50 dogs in the shelter had a correct-sized bowl, containing dry dog food. A volunteer mixed the feast ingredients with the dry dog food before taking the bowl to the dog’s kennel. Cindy Hendershott delivered a bowl to Finley, which wagged his tail and licked her hand as she set it down. “I think it is awesome to take time to think about doing something special on Thanksgiving for the animals here at the shelter,” the Littleton woman said. “We did this last year and came back because we think the dogs and cats should have a special meal so Thanksgiving is special for them too.” Littleton resident Kathy Strank took on the task of providing just turkey for the dozens of cats at the society. “I’ve been a society volunteer for two or three Feast continues on Page 31
Susan Fredinburg, project manager, demonstrates how much turkey to put in the bowls for the volunteers preparing the Feast for the Furry Friends. The event provided a special Thanksgiving turkey meal to the dogs and cats at the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley.
In Littleton, it’s all in the Details Small-business owners `thriving’ as part of the community By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com This holiday season, Peggy Cooper is a reminder that shopping small and local can help your neighbor’s story have a happy ending. When longtime Littleton resident Cooper met her husband, Bart, 13 years ago, she had already been through a divorce from her first husband, the death of her second and a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. “I told him I have a lot of baggage,” she said. “At that age, you lay everything on the line. And he said, `You know what? I’m a nurse. I can handle it.” He’d spent most of his career in the medical field, and she in the financial world. But when he got laid off about the same time she found out that Details Boutique, one of her favorite little shops on Main Street, was for sale, they made a leap of faith. “It was my dream to have my own store, not really his,” she said. “But he went along with it. … He actually ran it for the first year. He always said it was cheaper for him to buy it for me than for me to keep shopping there. Even though he was a guy in a girls’ store, he learned the products inside and Details continues on Page 13
Peggy Cooper, who owns Details on Main Street, will stay open with other downtown Littleton merchants during Holiday Shopping Night from 5 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 6. Photo by Jennifer Smith