ONE IN A MILLENNIAL
THE POWER OF ‘DO’
PLAYING TAPS
Zoo fundraiser makes it all possible
Western-themed event supports vet families
POLITICS | PG 2
COMMUNITY | PG 11
FLAIR | PG 14
20-something makes longshot run in 6th District
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VOLUME 35 • NUMBER 31 • JUNE 22, 2017
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FIRING UP THE ENGINES
Future firefighters in the making: Brother-and-sister team Sam and Violet Yaws of Littleton prepare the water hose from a 1901Waterous steamer. Littleton’s 32nd Fire Muster at Arapahoe Community College on June 17 was ablaze in fun with the annual parade of firetrucks, starting at Schomp Automotive and winding down Main Street. Amid the 25 fire engines spanning more than a century of technology, the same principle still remained: Pump water to extinguish fires and save lives. Photo by Stefan Krusze
Two former Greenwood councilmembers—opponents of Subarea plan—run again
Kerber stresses role as ‘rep,’ not ‘ruler’ Ingebretsen says much of council ‘out of step’ Former Greenwood Village City Councilmember Dave Kerber has officially announced he is back for more. The former official is again a candidate for council in the city’s District 2, where two seats are up for election this year. Kerber was recently a leader in the Save Our Village, Vote No campaign, fighting against the proposed high-density Orchard Station Subarea development at I-25 and Orchard Avenue. Question 1 was resoundingly defeated by voters on Dave Kerber June 6. “It was a David vs. Goliath campaign against a well-funded developer and our councilmembers were not listening to the people, and that just wasn’t right,” the candidate said. Continued on page 10
Anne Ingebretsen
Anne Ingebretsen, a former member of the Greenwood Village City Council and a staunch opponent of the recent Subarea ballot proposal, is once again a candidate for one of two elected positions in District 2. The candidate says she decided to run again in response to some of the current councilmembers’ support of the controversial change in official city language that would have effectively allowed a high-density mixed-use development west of I-25 between Orchard Avenue and the Landmark de-
velopment. “I helped form the Save our Village issue committee in an effort to defeat a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, which would have allowed an extreme level of density and made our traffic problems much worse,” she said. “Five of the eight current councilmembers voted in favor of the proposed amendment before it was referred to a citizen vote.” Ingebretsen stresses that of the city residents who voted in the referendum, about 75 percent voted no. “To me, that was a clear message that the City Council members who voted and campaigned for the change are out of step with the values and the desires of most Greenwood Village residents,” the candidate said. Ingebretsen served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission for two years before being elected and serving on City Council from
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