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SPORTS

Broncos win ‘divine destiny’

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LOCAL

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Catch fresh fish in The Creek

Dave Walcher as sheriff

Psychic says the Broncos will win the Super Bowl by no more than seven points. She says she has a 98 to 99 percent accuracy rate in predicting sporting events.

On Jan. 28, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Walcher as the interim sheriff. He will still have to run for election this November.

Volume 32 • Number 10 • January 30, 2014

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BUSINESS

Commissioners appoint 3

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Chef Paul Stickler and Erin Abromeit have transformed Pesca Fresco Italian restaurant into The Creek, a new seafood grill in Centennial.

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Broncos ‘focus’ on Super Bowl Team readies in Centennial for big game

By Tom Barry On Jan. 25 at the Denver Broncos’ Dove Valley Facility, quarterback Peyton Manning was the last player to walk off the field as a walk-through practice concluded. Spirits were visibly high and the unity among team members was apparent at the last practice before leaving for New Jersey and the Super Bowl. A handful of media waited in the small pressroom along with several boxes of Papa John’s Pizza. (Manning owns 21 Denver area franchises.) There were also a couple of boxes of Dunkin’ Donuts decorated as footballs. Head Coach John Fox, wearing dark sunglasses, was briefly peppered with reporters’ questions about the impending game. “I think you want guys to enjoy it and be with their families,” Fox said of his hopes for players in the days leading to the big game. “You don’t want to go there and be miserable all week and miserable with your family. It’s a fine line. They understand it. Enjoy your family, but it’s not Spring Break. … I think you want to be focused. The ball is still going to be kicked off, and we’re going to play 60 minutes of clock time and roughly three and a half hours of actual time.”

INSET ABOVE: Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas talks to reporters at Dove Valley.

Focus and enjoy the moment

ABOVE: Sports Authority Field at Mile High is decked out and waiting for a Broncos Super Bowl win, Feb. 2.

Star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas spoke at the outdoor podium

LEFT: Broncos Head Coach John Fox addresses reporters before heading to the Super Bowl in New Jersey. Photos by Tom Barry

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Arapahoe sheriff reflects on 42 years Grayson Robinson retiring this week By Peter Jones Were it not for his mother’s asthma, Sheriff Grayson Robinson might have taught school or followed his uncles and cousins into the mills and mines of Pittsburgh, Pa. “I have two cousins that are my age who still work the mine – and they worked from the day they left high school,” the sheriff said. Born in industrial Pittsburgh in 1950, young Robinson had no counter plans to walk the city as a cop. It was only years

later after his family moved to Colorado to benefit his mother’s health that Robinson heard his calling. “I had a friend that was a police officer, and he kept telling me, ‘You’d be a really good cop.’ I haven’t looked back,” the sheriff said. After graduating from Littleton High School in 1968 and serving a stint in the Army, Robinson enrolled in the police academy and after graduation was soon walking the beat for the Littleton Police Department. After two decades on the force, Capt. Robinson was Continued on page 3

Grayson Robinson, left, joins the Littleton Police Department in March 1972.

Photos courtesy of Grayson Robinson


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