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January 15, 2016

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Dog comes back worse for wear Canello vanished before having run-in with porcupine

Canello, a boxer mix who went missing for two weeks, arrives for an assessment of his wounds from a close encounter with a porcupine. Canello was captured Jan. 6 in the Anthology neighborhood. He is up for adoption at The Buddy Center in Castle Rock. Courtesy photo

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com After two weeks on the lam and a tussle with a porcupine, Canello curled up on a porch and turned himself in. “Evidently, he’d had enough,” said Josh Hans, public information officer for the Parker Police Department. Canello was relinquished by his owners in early December and taken in by The Buddy Center in Castle Rock. He was staying with a foster family when he disappeared on Christmas Eve. For

two weeks, residents and a Parker police animal control officer spotted the pup, but were unable to rein him in. The couple who found him in the Anthology subdivision the morning of Jan. 8 took in Canello and called police. But a series of accidents from a winter storm delayed their arrival, and the male boxer mix had to wait for medical attention. In the interim, he received a different kind of attention, the kind he hadn’t received in weeks. Canello was a shy and fearful dog when he was brought to The Buddy Center. His foster family was trying to “work on those fear issues” when he Dog continues on Page 8

PARCC test suffers amid mass opt-outs Less than one-fifth of juniors took test in Douglas County By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com In Douglas County, participation rates of students in the first PARCC tests given last March veered sharply between 18 percent among the school district’s juniors to nearly 95 percent for its third-graders. The widespread opt-outs by students and parents across the county and Colorado question the validity of the results and the test, school officials said. “We took it and we had pretty good participation in our PARCC participation by younger grades, 11th-grade students in but in our uparea school districts: per grades we Douglas County: 18 had very poor percent participation,” Douglas County Littleton: 29 percent School District Jefferson County: 60 Superintendent percent Elizabeth Fagen said. “If you Cherry Creek: 31 percent want to look Elizabeth: 4.3 percent at a picture that shows the Source: Colorado whole district, Department of Education you’re not going to see it in those upper grades because of the participation.” PARCC, which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, replaced the standardized Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP). The tests were administered by computer in

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Parker resident J.C. Childers, left, offers her condolences to Nancy Gripman’s husband, Bill, during a celebration of life service Jan. 9. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

Celebrating a life of giving Nancy Gripman honored for selflessness Nancy Gripman speaks to a crowd last year during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Parker Task Force headquarters. File photo

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com After they were married in 1951, Nancy Gripman would greet her husband’s Navy ship every time it returned to port. She often was the only one standing on the dock. Her consistent presence upon his arrival caused Bill Gripman to be razzed by his shipmates, but he didn’t care. His wife was demonstrating her devotion. Nancy had four children with Bill by their sixth wedding anniversary, and she was equally attentive to her children and their achievements. “She was president of each of our respective fan clubs,” said John Gripman, her son. Gripman continues on Page 8

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