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Volume 31 • Number 50 • November 7, 2013
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Documentary explores plight of wild horse ‘American Mustang’ to premiere at Denver Film Festival
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Cherry Creek Bruins gymnasts place 5th at state In the last 40 years – in Colorado alone – the animal’s habitat has been reduced by almost half with nearly 300,000 acres “zeroed out.” The new film American Mustang, which was shot in 3D and ventures to raise awareness of the issue, is part of the Denver Film Festival and will be screened Nov. 10 at Wildlife Experience.
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By Peter Jones In some ways, Ellie Phipps Price is not the typical animalrights advocate. She was raised on the Diamond K cattle-breeding homestead that gave Highlands Ranch its name. She was also a regular participant in the Arapahoe Hunt, an English-style “foxhunt” – or American horseback coyote chase – that was revived by her grandfather, Lawrence Phipps Jr., in 1929. “A lot of my best friends are
ranchers,” Price said, acknowledging the cliché. “The lifestyle and the values of good responsible ranching is something I respect. Some of my favorite people are members of that hunt.” It would come as no surprise that Price is a horse lover and a skilled equestrian, though one might find irony in American Mustang, a new documentary for which the former south metro resident served as executive producer and writer. The film, narrated by actress-
environmentalist-vegan Daryl Hannah, makes a charged, yet accessible, critique of the federal government’s management of wild horses. While “cowgirls” have been known to speak their minds, their words have not typically put them at odds with the cattle industry. “There will be members of my hunt and members of my family who will say I’ve gone California,” Price said. The northern California vintner will be on hand when Amer-
ican Mustang premieres this week in 3D at the Starz Denver Film Festival. The documentary screens again Nov. 10 at the Wildlife Experience. Director Monty Miranda will also appear in person. As the film portrays, DNA confirms that wild horses of a kind were indigenous to North America before moving into the Eastern Hemisphere and eventually being brought back to the Continued on page 2
Greenwood Village Littleton cop pleads guilty to gun, drug charges honors veterans
The proclamation Mayor Ron Rakowsky signed with City Manager Jim Sanderson designating November as Veterans Recognition Month in Greenwood Village will honor all veterans of our armed forces. In making the proclamation, Rakowsky, who is retired military, said, “We recognize that the growth and prosperity of the City of Greenwood Village and its community have depended in large part upon the initiative, resolve and entrepreneurship of many veterans who have made this community their home and their workplace.” Photo by Jan Wondra
By Peter Jones pistol with seven rounds in the magazine and one A veteran Littleton round in the chamber. police officer has pleaded They also found eight guilty to drug and gun other firearms, includcharges and faces up to ing an AR-15 and two 20 years in prison. 12-gauge shotguns, and Jeffery Allan Johnhundreds of ammunition ston, 46, of Parker, enrounds elsewhere in the tered his plea last week to home. one count of possessing In addition to as much the drug ecstasy with in- Jeffery Allan as 20 years in prison, tent to distribute and one Johnston Johnston could face a count of being a prohibitfine of up to $1 million. ed person in possession of firearms. Additionally, He also faces up to He will be sentenced in February. Johnston, a 22-year motorcycle 10 years in prison and a $250,000 officer, was arrested without inci- fine for being a prohibited person dent in July, as the result of an FBI in possession of firearms, due to his tip, after he bought 37 pills and 6.3 Schedule 1 drug use. Several other charges were grams of ecstasy powder from an dropped, including possessing a undercover officer. After a federal search warrant firearm in a drug-trafficking crime, was issued for Johnston’s home, which could have put Johnston in agents found a range of drugs, in- prison for life. Johnston has resigned from the cluding cocaine, steroids and prescription pills, and a .45-caliber police department.