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June 23, 2016

VOLUME 71 | ISSU E 3 3 | 50 ¢

BRING BRASS Concert series kicks off on PAGE 24. A DA M S C OU N T Y & J EF F ER S ON C OU N T Y, C OLOR A D O

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PRACTICING PADDLING

Man dead, policeman injured in incident Attempted arrest turns deadly when suspect runs over cop Staff report

From left, Park Naturalist Sully Tun Ake runs paddle excursion participants — kayakers Lisa Schoemaker of Westminster, and Ceila and Victoria Rethamel of Littleton — through some basics June 18 at Standley Lake. Participants learned some finer points of kayaking while also taking in the views at Bird Island, the city’s largest rookery and home to a pair of bald eagles. Read more about the outing on PAGE 20. Photo by Stefan Brodsky

Sculpting a vision of culture

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New sculpture garden ‘defines’ Northglenn as artistic hub

Curtain call: Artifact is a reminder of the past

By Jeremy Johnson jjohnson@coloradocommunitymedia.com Banking on the success of Northglenn’s Art on Parade program, a city arts foundation last week dedicated a new sculpture garden as a focal point of culture and beautification — and business — for the north metro region. The City of Northglenn and the Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation dedicated on June 10, amid much fanfare, the Eleanor M. Wyatt Centennial Park Sculpture Garden, located at Kennedy and Melody Drive behind the Northglenn Marketplace. The sculpture garden is dedicated to the presentation of public art, said Michael Stricker, director of the Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation and cultural programs and senior center supervisor at the Northglenn Recreation Center. “Public art helps define who we are as a city, to beautify and create interest in our public spaces, create conversation and connectedness,” he said. The impetus for the sculpture garden — named after Northglenn Garden Club founder Eleanor M. Wyatt, who also donated the land for the exhibit — came from Northglenn’s Art on Parade program.

An unidentified man is dead and a Westminster police officer injured after an attempted warrant arrest turned hostile on Sheridan Boulevard. Westminster police said they were attempting to conduct a warrant arrest at about 4:35 p.m. June 16 along the 8600 block of Sheridan Boulevard after identifying a man in a vehicle as having multiple active felony and misdemeanor warrants. But when officers tried to arrest the man near his car in a parking lot on Sheridan Boulevard, the suspect fought with officers. During the altercation, the suspect was able to start his car and put it into gear. Amid the struggle, as the driver began to pull away, he ran over and dragged the officer who was attempting to make the arrest, police said. At that point, the officer being dragged and other officers on scene fired on the suspect, who was then transported to

Current Northglenn Mayor Joyce Downing, left, socializes with former Mayor Odell Barry, center, and Northglenn Garden Club founder Eleanor M. Wyatt at a dedication of the city’s new sculpture garden, named after Wyatt, who donated the land for the permanent exhibit. Photo courtesy of the City of Northglenn “The sculpture garden is the direct result of the success of that program,” said Stricker, noting that the one-year sculpture-on-loan program at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park brought public art, paid for by the foundation, to Northglenn. The garden has four sculptures in the garden, but space for as many as 20. The four sculptures were selected by an Art on Parade program call for entries that

goes out at the end of each year. After receiving submissions from all over the country, winners are chosen by a foundation committee made up of residents, park visitors, foundation members, artists and students. “The piece receiving the most votes is then earmarked for purchase by the foundation and, once purchased and

Westminster Grange drapery proudly hung after restoration By Jeremy Johnson jjohnson@coloradocommunitymedia.com A stage curtain at the historic Westminster Grange that for generations advertised area businesses will preserve the memories of those establishments, even after most have been long gone. The curtain that hangs above the stage of the more than 105-year-old Westminster Grange building, situated along the city’s Historic District and former Main Street, now West 73rd Avenue, is

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