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50¢ • Vol. 92 • No. 32

August 1, 2013

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Dragon Boat Ceremony Attendees Rawi Farrell, Lisa Yang, Kulprawee Prayoonsuk, Nichapat Sangthong and Piyamon Boonrawd.

LeAnn Rimes headlines Rocky Mountain Music Festival Aug. 11 SEE PAGE 2

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Englewood weight-loss challengers win for losing SEE PAGE 5

Local More photos on page 8

Screen time: Raising kids in the digital age SEE PAGE 12

INDEX Opinion..................................3 CLASSIFIEDS...........................9 HOROSCOPES..........................9 LEGALS...........................10 - 11 WORSHIP DIRECTORY...........12

Dragon Boat Festival Western Welcome Week marks 85 10-day event has ‘something for (almost) everyone’

By Peter Jones Western Welcome Week’s theme this year is “Spirit of the West” – not that the West and its historic quaintness have ever been absent from the time-honored goings-on. Littleton’s 85-year-old mainstay has always been defiantly traditional, surviving the digital revolution, economic downturns, including the Great Depression, and the inevitable onslaught of more contemporary and “hipper” festivals. More than 50 events comprise the week that has long outlived the seven days implied by its alliterative name. The schedule runs the gamut, from the popular parade and fireworks show to gold panning on the Platte, a fishing derby, a pancake breakfast, a swing dance and the ever-popular rubber ducky race. Most events are either free or very affordable.

New to this year’s 10-day week, Aug. 9-18, is the Littleton Criterion bicycle race on Aug. 11. The week’s event roster also includes a formal welcome to a delegation from Bega, Australia, Littleton’s sister city, on Aug. 15 in Bega Park. The block of Rio Grande Street that runs though the park will be rechristened Bega Street. Cindy Hathaway knows about as much about Western Welcome Street as anyone. The longtime resident has been attending the events for nearly four decades and has been involved as a booster, volunteer and staff member for 30 years. Today, she is Western Welcome Week’s executive director, the festival’s only full-time year-round employee. Denver Herald recently asked Hathaway for her thoughts on the venerable institution. Herald: What is the most unusual event within Western Welcome Week?

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Western Welcome Weeks’ children’s parade starts Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7:30 a.m. Photo by Stan Luckowicz


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