Volume 31 • Number 36 • August 1, 2013
What’s Inside Page 7
Crane seeks election as clerk and recorder
Pages 16-17
New Target store brings life back to Tamarac Square
Page 27
LeAnn Rimes headlines Rocky Mountain Music Festival Aug. 11
Don’t Miss:
area construction • CDOT projects: 1 down and 1 to go Page 2 arrested for assault • Man on teen Page 7 • A fair day for fun Page 11
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Greenwood Village celebrates community with families
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By Tom Barry reenwood Village pulled out all of the stops to celebrate their community at the 27th annual Greenwood Village Day, July 27, at Village Greens Park. More than 5,000 residents participated in this year’s event. “Flying High” was this year’s theme, as city staffers planned events for young and old alike. Kids, teens, parents and grandparents residing in Greenwood Village parked in the Cherry Creek High School north parking lot and walked to the city’s park. This was not just any regular carnival with rides but literally an extravaganza for city residents. This was more like a mini state fair and much larger than most carnivals and community events at a mall. There was a full carnival with rides and activities that ranged from a climbing wall, a massive slide and an aboveground obstacle course. The youngsters enjoyed a colorful train ride, sometimes with parents onboard, along with a carousel and a Tornado for those with stronger stomachs. Additionally, there were numerous interactive booths for the younger children to enjoy. Kids had an opportunity to paint on a canvas using large paint rollers, make a plaster cast of their hand, have their faces painted or paint a separate community art project sponsored by Bark for Art who painted a ceramic dog. Residents began to leave as the rain came down and the fireworks were postponed at 7:20 p.m. due to rain and a lightening detector Continued on page 13 Kelly Dexter watches her son Kaiden, 11, bounce on the bungee jump trampoline during Greenwood Village Day. “This is our second year, a great community event, brilliant,” Kelly said.
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. Continued on page 2
Western Welcome Weeks’ children’s parade starts Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7:30 a.m.
Photo by Stan Luckowicz