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Celebrating culture, life of radio producer American Indian Festival offers free entertainment for two days By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Phineas Rodriguez with Seven Falls Dancers performs at Rockledge Powwow in Colorado Springs. Seven Falls Dancers will perform Aug. 27 during the American Indian Festival in Thornton. Courtesy photo

When radio show producer Susie Aikman died in June, the modest two-day festival she was helping to plan to honor American Indians blossomed into a largescale event. Organizers of the festival had first thought maybe 200-300 would attend to see a handful of performers throughout the weekend. They now estimate a thousand people may attend the festival to enjoy close to a dozen performers, 22 vendors, silent auctions, children’s activities and dinner and a movie. The American Indian Festival runs Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 3960 E. 128th Ave., Thornton. “We started out with a little festival but, with her unfortunate death, people came out of the woodwork,” said Lynne Holman, a Cherokee Indian and festival organizer. “She was very involved with her Cherokee heritage and was loved by many.” Aikman, who lived in Denver, produced the show Alternative Voices, an American Indian radio program that aired every Sunday morning for 28 years. The

IF YOU GO American Indian Festival Sept. 27-28 Good Shepherd United Methodist Church 3960 E. 128th Ave., Thornton www.shepherdchurch.org

ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP Saturday, Sept. 27 10 a.m. Medicine Heart Dancers 11 a.m. Seven Falls Dancers Noon Red Feather Woman- Singer, Storyteller 1 p.m. Eric Herrera - Flute 2 p.m. Adams 12 Indian Education Dancers 3 p.m. Denver Indian Center Youth Dance Troupe 4 p.m. Ken Little- American Indian Dance Troupe 6-8 p.m. Dinner and an American Indian movie Sunday, Sept. 28 Noon Red Feather Woman- Singer, Storyteller 1 p.m. Eric Herrera - Flute 2 p.m. American Indian Dancers 3 p.m. Raven Dancers 4 p.m. Bear Limvere- Flute 5 p.m. American Indian Dancers festival will be in her memory. “As a church, we are interested in the diversity in our communities, and the festival is planned to honor that diversity,” said Karen Bueno, a member of the United Methodist Conference Committee on Culture continues on Page 5

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Voters to decide pot tax questions Northglenn ballot questions By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@colorado communitymedia.com

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For the 88th area, there is a total of 98 acres that could be part of the transit-oriented development (TOD), but only 60 of those acres is undeveloped land right next to the station. Widomski said the vision is to have transitional density into the neighborhoods, which means single family homes would be built next to the existing neighborhoods with higher density development, such as apartments, would be built closer to the actual station. A centralized park is planned to connect the eastern side to the western side. Overall if the entire area is built out, it could support 560 residential areas, 42 percent being single detached and attached and 58 percent being multifamily. The area will also

Businesses selling retail marijuana in Northglenn may be hit twice with additional sales taxes if voters approve two separate ballot measures in November. Adams County is asking voters to approve a 3 percent sales tax on recreation marijuana and recreation marijuana products throughout the entire county, even incorporated cities. If voters in the county approve the 3 percent sales tax the money generated would pay for educational programs and for direct and indirect costs incurred by the county related to regulating and licensing such establishments. Northglenn, too, is asking voters in the city to approve a 2 percent sales tax on retail and medical marijuana and their products. If voters approve this tax, according to the ballot language, revenue generated would “be used exclusively, but not limited to, the Northglenn Recreation Center, the Northglenn Senior Center and the Northglenn Theater.” The “including, but not limited to” does allow the money to be used for other public facilities, such as the Northglenn Police Department and Northglenn City Hall.

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Robert Larsen, senior planner with the city of Thornton, explains details of the North Metro Line station planning area around 104th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard during an open house Sept. 4. Photo by Tammy Kranz

TOD planning sparks excitement City shares ideas for 88th, 104th station areas By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Established in the 1950s, residents in original Thornton are not used to a lot of buzz and excitement about potential development in their neighborhood. The planned North Metro Rail station at 88th Avenue and Welby Road has changed all that. “People are really excited to have something new in this area,” said Karen Widomski, senior policy analyst with the city of Thornton. The Regional Transporta-

tion District (RTD) is expected to complete the rail up to 124th Avenue in Thornton and open it to the public in 2018. The city hosted an open house Sept. 4 at the Margaret W. Carpenter Recreation Center to share with residents potential development ideas for the areas around the 88th and 104th avenue stations. The turnout was large and people got to look at different boards and maps to see how their neighborhoods may transform in the future. City officials have worked with various stakeholders to create a preferred land use document to help guide future development, mostly within the half-mile radius around the stations. “You could live here and not own a car, you can get on a train and hopefully get anywhere in the metro Denver area,” Widomski said.


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